File Storage
Upload, store, and deliver files with signed URLs and CDN delivery. Production defaults for security and performance.
API key policy
Production / Acme AI
Scoped access
API keys, roles, policies, and environments.
Tenant data
Application and tenant context on every request.
Reliable events
Signed delivery, retries, and webhook visibility.
Audit trail
Sensitive changes recorded for review.
The problem
AI can build the first version. Growth still needs a backend model.
The first version can work locally while production access, data, events, storage, and audit behavior remain undefined.
Backend pieces often arrive as separate patches once customers begin depending on the workflow.
Generated product logic needs a stable platform boundary before it can support real customer growth.
ScaleMule model
A shared backend foundation for file storage
Use ScaleMule as the backend target for the product pattern you are building, so identity, tenant data, events, storage, and audit stay connected instead of becoming separate glue projects.
S3-compatible object storage with CDN delivery
Signed URLs for secure, time-limited file access
Upload progress tracking and resumable uploads
Image and video processing pipelines
Common workflows
What teams can build on this foundation
These are examples of the product surfaces ScaleMule helps keep structured as generated code turns into customer-facing software.
S3-compatible object storage with CDN delivery
Start from the product pattern and keep the backend primitives visible from the first implementation.
Signed URLs for secure, time-limited file access
Attach access rules, tenant context, event delivery, storage rules, and audit events to the workflow.
Upload progress tracking and resumable uploads
Extend the same model as the product adds users, customers, integrations, and operational requirements.
Developer path
Start with the SDK, keep the backend model explicit
Using @scalemule/sdk
import { createScaleMule } from '@scalemule/sdk'
const client = createScaleMule({
apiKey: process.env.SCALEMULE_API_KEY,
tenant: 'media-co'
})
// Upload a file
const file = await client.storage.upload({
bucket: 'user-uploads',
key: 'avatar.png',
body: fileBuffer,
contentType: 'image/png'
})
// Generate a signed URL (expires in 1 hour)
const url = await client.storage.signedUrl({
bucket: 'user-uploads',
key: 'avatar.png',
expiresIn: 3600
})Outcomes
Why this matters once customers depend on the product
ScaleMule keeps practical backend controls visible while teams move quickly with AI coding tools.
File Storage can move from prototype to production with fewer backend rewrites.
Access, tenant data, events, storage, functions, and audit controls stay part of the same product model.
Teams get clearer answers when customers ask how the application handles boundaries and operations.
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Build with AI. Grow on ScaleMule.
Give file storage a backend model that can support real users, real teams, and real customer questions.