Get image from blob Laravel vue - laravel

Question

First of all, this is the start of where I am at as a similar post
Store blob as a file in S3 with Laravel
I am sending a photo from VueJS to Laravel. It is coming as multipart/form-data.
Vue Code:
export default {
emits: ['onClose'],
props: ['isOpen'],
data: function() {
return {
serverOptions: {
process: (fieldName, file, metadata, load, error) => {
const formData = new FormData();
formData.append(fieldName, file, file.name);
axios({
method: "POST",
url: '/chat/room/upload',
data: formData,
headers: {
"Content-Type": "multipart/form-data"
}
})
.then(() => {
load();
})
.catch(() => {
error();
});
}
},
files: [],
};
},
methods: {
handleFilePondInit: function () {
console.log('FilePond has initialized');
// example of instance method call on pond reference
this.$refs.pond.getFiles();
console.log(this.$refs.pond.getFiles());
},
},
Laravel Controller:
public function uploadImage(Request $request)
{
// This is what this is SUPPOSED to do. Grab the file from the frontend
// Bring it here. Store it in S3, return the path with the CDN URL
// Then store that URL into the DB as a message. Once that is done, then
// Broadcast the message to said room.
if ($request->has('upload')) {
$files = $request->get('photo');
$urls = [];
foreach ($files as $file) {
$filename = 'files/' . $file['name'];
// Upload File to s3
Storage::disk('digitalocean')->put($filename, $file['blob']);
Storage::disk('digitalocean')->setVisibility($filename, 'public');
$url = Storage::disk('digitalocean')->url($filename);
$urls[] = $url;
}
return response()->json(['urls' => $urls]);
}
// broadcast(new NewChatMessage($newMessage))->toOthers();
// return $newMessage;
}
First: I want to state that if there is something wrong with the current code, just know its because ive been playing around with this for 3 hours now and been trying anything. I am sure at one point I had it close but somehow screwed it up along the way so I am more looking for fresh eyes to show me my error.
That being said, the other part to take into account is in DevTools under Network I can clearly see the blob and can load it up, I can also see the "upload" item and under there the form data which shows the following
------WebKitFormBoundary7qD7xdmiQO9U1Ko0
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="photo"; filename="6A8B48B4-F546-438E-852E-C24340525C20_1_201_a.jpeg"
Content-Type: image/jpeg
------WebKitFormBoundary7qD7xdmiQO9U1Ko0--
it clearly also shows photo: (binary) so I am completely confused as to what I am doing wrong. The ULTIMATE goal here is to get the image, store it as public in S3/DigitalOcean then grab the public URL to the file and store in the DB.
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!