Laravel route to upload a file to Amazon S3 bucket

CandidateController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\User;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;

class CandidateController extends Controller
{
    public function uploadResume(Request $request, User $user)
    {
        $candidate = auth()->user();
        
        // Verify that authenticated user is who we're uploading the file for
        if ($candidate->id != $user->id) {
            abort(403, 'Forbidden');
        }

        // Get file from the request object
        // Returns an instance of UploadedFile
        // https://github.com/laravel/framework/blob/e6c8aa0e39d8f91068ad1c299546536e9f25ef63/src/Illuminate/Http/UploadedFile.php
        $resume = $request->file('resume');
        
        // Create a human readable file name for storing in the S3 bucket
        $resumeFileName = $candidate->id . '_' . $candidate->first_name . '_' . $candidate->last_name . '_resume.' . $resume->getClientOriginalExtension();

        // Upload file to "resumes" folder in S3 with our file name and publically accessible file visibility
        $filePath = Storage::putFileAs(
            'resumes',
            $resume,
            $resumeFileName,
            [ 'visibility' => 'public' ]
        );

        // Store the file path with the candidate's database record
        $candidate->resume_file_path = $filePath;
        $candidate->save();

        return response()->json($filePath);
    }
}

Full tutorial for uploading files with Laravel and Vue.js: https://employbl.com/blog/laravel-file-upload-s3-bucket