daduam / fileserver

File Server

This project is a file server that allows users to download and preview files uploaded by an admin, and share them as email attachments. It is built with the Django framework to scale to meet the needs of a growing business.

Development

• Copy the env_sample file to .env and update it with your postgres, smtp, and dropbox credentials.
• Install requirements with pip, run database migrations, and start the server.

pip3 install -r requirements.txt
python3 manage.py migrate
python3 manage.py runserver

fileserver's Issues

Sign up page

• Form with fields for email, password, confirm password
• Has link to log in page
• After successful sign up, an email with verification link is sent to the provided email address, and user is navigated to the feed page with a banner reminding them to verify their account if they have not done so.

Password reset page

• Form with fields for password, confirm password
• Allows user to pick a new password with use once reset token
• Navigates to login page on successful password reset

Change file storage backend for production to an external django-storages

Forgot password page

• Form with field for email
• When form is submitted, displays message indicating password reset link was sent to email if it exists in database

Account verification

• Send account verification link to email after user signs up
• User cannot log in until account is verified

Check if all requirements from project description pdf file have been met and submit

• Display flash message after successful account verifcation from email link. (Your account has been verified successfully! You can now log in and start using our services."
• Change admin Document string representation (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9336463/django-xxxxxx-object-display-customization-in-admin-action-sidebar)
• Fix pdf preview (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17784037/how-to-display-pdf-file-in-html | https://www.codespeedy.com/show-a-pdf-file-in-django-instead-of-downloading/)
• Add optional subject and message fields to send file attachment form
• Add readme

Log in page

• Form with fields for email, password
• Has links to sign up page, and password reset page.
• Navigates to feed page after successful login

Flash messages

Add navigation bar with menu

• Link to feed page
• Login, Sign up, Logout links depending on auth context

Deployment

Release v1.0 of fileserver on vercel

Feed page

• List of files that can be downloaded
• Search bar allows user to search the file server
• Clicking a file on the list navigates to preview page
• Admin can see link to page which allows them to upload files with a title and description
• Page design show indicate current user is admin with banner or something
• Wrap appropriate views in login_required

File preview page

• Show title, description, and a preview of file based on type
• Download button
• Link to send file as an attachment (or share link) through email
• Admin can see file statistics (number of downloads, number of emails sent for file)