# upstash-blob-js

A skill for the @upstash/blob object storage SDK: direct browser uploads, presigned URLs, multipart and signed reads.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 503 installs · ★ 34
- Author: Upstash
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/upstash/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/upstash-blob-js/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/upstash-blob-js

## What it does

The skill covers the `@upstash/blob` TypeScript/JavaScript SDK for S3-compatible object storage. `Bucket` runs on your server, while `uploadHandler` and React hooks send bytes from the browser straight to storage, so they never pass through your app and platform request body caps don't apply.

The npm package ships docs in `node_modules/@upstash/blob/docs/` and readable TypeScript source in `node_modules/@upstash/blob/src/`. The skill tells the agent to read and search those before writing or debugging SDK code. Install the package with `npm install @upstash/blob` and set `UPSTASH_BLOB_TOKEN`. That token is a bearer secret for the whole bucket, so keep it server side and out of `NEXT_PUBLIC_` or any bundler-inlined variable.

Whether a bucket is public or private is a console setting, not a client option. A private bucket has no URL, and reads go through `signedReadUrl`. Cache that link until `expiresAt` rather than a deadline you compute, because a link can't outlive the credential that signed it and you may get less time than you asked for. Sizes are decimal: `'20mb'` is 20,000,000 bytes, and `'5mib'` throws.

## Requirements
- Works with: AWS

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add upstash/skills --skill upstash-blob-js -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/upstash-blob-js/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/upstash-blob-js/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add upstash/skills --skill upstash-blob-js -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/upstash-blob-js/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add upstash/skills --skill upstash-blob-js -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/upstash-blob-js/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install upstash/skills upstash-blob-js
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/upstash-blob-js/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add upstash/skills --skill upstash-blob-js -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/upstash/skills --path skills/upstash-blob-js
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/upstash-blob-js/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add upstash/skills --skill upstash-blob-js -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/upstash/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/upstash-blob-js/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- upload avatars or documents from the browser straight to storage
- hand out a time-limited link to a private file
- stream large videos and images with pause and resume
- set cache headers on stored objects
- clean up temporary files under a prefix

## Example prompts
- Set up avatar uploads with @upstash/blob: the browser uploads directly and the server only authorizes
- Generate a signedReadUrl for private/report.pdf that expires in 2m and downloads as Report Q3.pdf
- Add immutable cache and owner metadata to objects in the bucket

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: upstash-blob-js
description: Work with the @upstash/blob TypeScript/JavaScript SDK for S3-compatible object storage with direct browser uploads, presigned URLs, multipart, and signed reads. Use when storing files or blobs, uploading avatars, images, videos, attachments or user documents, letting a browser upload straight to storage without proxying bytes through a server, generating public or time-limited signed URLs, serving private files, streaming large files with pause and resume, setting cache headers on stored objects, or reaching an S3-compatible bucket from the AWS SDK.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: Upstash
  homepage: https://upstash.com
---

# @upstash/blob SDK

S3-compatible object storage. `Bucket` runs on your server; `uploadHandler` plus React hooks upload from the browser straight to storage so the bytes never pass through your app.

## Bundled docs and source

The `@upstash/blob` npm package includes docs in `node_modules/@upstash/blob/docs/` and readable TypeScript source in `node_modules/@upstash/blob/src/`. Before writing or debugging SDK code, read and search the relevant docs and source.

## Install & Setup

```bash
npm install @upstash/blob
```

Create a bucket in the console and set `UPSTASH_BLOB_TOKEN`. The token is a bearer secret for the whole bucket — keep it server side, never in `NEXT_PUBLIC_` or any bundler-inlined variable.

A bucket is **public** (every object has a URL) or **private** (no URL; reads go through `signedReadUrl`). That is a console setting, not a client option — the SDK learns it from the backend.

```ts
import { Bucket } from "@upstash/blob"

export const bucket = Bucket.fromEnv()                          // reads UPSTASH_BLOB_TOKEN
Bucket.fromEnv({ cache: "immutable" })                        // default variable, plus options
Bucket.fromEnv("MEDIA_TOKEN", { cache: "immutable" })           // another variable, plus options
new Bucket({ token: env.UPSTASH_BLOB_TOKEN })                   // Workers: no process.env
```

## Writing

```ts
const blob = await bucket.put("reports/q3.pdf", pdf, { contentType: "application/pdf" })
blob.url            // public URL, undefined on a private bucket
blob.versionedUrl   // url + ?v=<etag>, changes whenever the bytes do
blob.etag           // what ifUnchanged takes
```

Bodies: `Request`, `Blob`/`File`, `ArrayBuffer`, typed array, `string`, `ReadableStream`. A stream carries no length — pass `size` (exact, streams through) or `maxSize` (buffers up to the cap), or `put` throws `length_required`.

| Option | Default | What it does |
|--------|---------|--------------|
````
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