https://github.com/yjdoc2/filestore-web-project

This is a website functioning similar to google drive, where users can store files privately, as well as create 'collections' which are public. This can also display some types of files in-browser.
https://github.com/yjdoc2/filestore-web-project

express-js file-sharing file-storage mongodb nodejs reactjs

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This is a website functioning similar to google drive, where users can store files privately, as well as create 'collections' which are public. This can also display some types of files in-browser.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/yjdoc2/filestore-web-project
• Owner: YJDoc2
• License: mit
• Archived: true
• Created: 2020-01-13T12:19:26.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-01-24T01:11:34.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-02-11T08:48:41.713Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: express-js, file-sharing, file-storage, mongodb, nodejs, reactjs
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 3.64 MB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 12
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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README

          
# FileStore





    FileStore is a cloud file storing and sharing platform. It uses

    Atlas MongoDB to store and Share Files.





    This is a small scale project done using ExpressJs Backend,

    ReactJs frontend Mongoose ODM,Bootstrap Css





    Files can be stored in two ways : in

    Personal Account, Which can be accessed only by the user

    uploading it, and in Collections, which can be Shared and viewed

    by others.





    A single User can have 20MB of files in private , and any

    collection can have Maximum of 20MB of files in it.





    There are still many bugs and feature updates possible. Few of

    them are :






    


        


            The File upload does not clear itself after uploading

            files, even though there are no Files still assosiated

            with it .

        

        


        


            The Collections are static, as in once created and

            uploaded, files cannot be added or removed from

            them.This was not done as the collection files are

            showed on same route for all viewers, logged in as well

            as not. The logic to check whether a collection belongs

            to current logged in user , so only creater can have

            update rights was becoming complecated.

        

        


        


            The npm package 'react-file-viewer' used to display some

            file types does not scale the pages of pdf well, which

            is an internal issue of package.

        

        


        


            The GridFS-Stream package used in the backend uses

            outdated drivers,and thus does not support some updated

            methods of mongoDB. A possible solution would be to

            change the package used or create a custom interface

            over MongoDB Grid interface.

        

        


        


            The Backend cannot currently limit incoming files in

            uploading other than the size less than 20MB. Thus a

            user may extend the allowed space by using REST clients

            such as Postman to upload files. This may be stopped

            using cors. Currently the file size per user is checked

            and handled by frontend before upload.

        

    



## Usage

Run npm run build to compile frontend, move those files to backend folder and then start the server.