webfs

A very simple filesystem with an HTTP REST API

Requirements

Your server needs libmagic

App Documentation

usage: app.py [-h] [--root-path ROOT_PATH] [-d] [host] [port]

positional arguments:
  host                  Host to bind to.
  port                  Port to listen on.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --root-path ROOT_PATH
                        Path to serve.
  -d, --debug           Run in debug mode.

API Documentation

Directories

Listing a directory's contents

GET /<path>

Returns: a JSON array with the names of files and directories contained in the directory designated by <path>

Example:

GET /Jack%20White-2014-Lazaretto HTTP/1.1

HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Content-Length: 574
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 12:54:20 GMT
Server: Werkzeug/0.10.1 Python/2.7.6

[
    "01 - Three Women.flac", 
    "02 - Lazaretto.flac", 
    "03 - Temporary Ground.flac", 
    "04 - Would You Fight for My Love.flac", 
    "04 - Would You Fight for My Love.flac.jpg", 
    "05 - High Ball Stepper.flac", 
    "06 - Just One Drink.flac", 
    "07 - Alone in My Home.flac", 
    "08 - Entitlement.flac", 
    "08 - Entitlement.flac.jpg", 
    "09 - That Black Bat Licorice.flac", 
    "10 - I Think I Found the Culprit.flac", 
    "11 - Want and Able.flac",
    "Front.jpg",
    "Jack White - Lazaretto.m3u"
]

Retrieving a directory's metadata

GET /<path>?stat

Returns: a JSON hash containing the following fields:

file - the name of the directory
path - the absolute path to the directory
access_time - time of last access (see man stat)
change_time - time of last status change (see man stat)
modification_time - time of last modification (see man stat)
mimetype - always inode/directory

Example:

GET /Jack%20White-2014-Lazaretto?stat HTTP/1.1

HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Content-Length: 193
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 13:00:23 GMT
Server: Werkzeug/0.10.1 Python/2.7.6

{
    "access_time": 1427461205, 
    "change_time": 1417002013, 
    "file": "Jack White-2014-Lazaretto", 
    "mimetype": "inode/directory", 
    "modification_time": 1417002013, 
    "path": "/Jack White-2014-Lazaretto"
}

Creating a directory

PUT /<path>

No HTTP body.

Example:

PUT /hello HTTP/1.1
Content-Length: 0

HTTP/1.0 201 CREATED
Content-Length: 0
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 13:54:20 GMT
Server: Werkzeug/0.10.1 Python/2.7.6

Deleting a directory

DELETE /<path>

The directory MUST be empty.

Example:

DELETE /hello HTTP/1.1
Content-Length: 0

HTTP/1.0 204 NO CONTENT
Content-Length: 0
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 14:15:39 GMT
Server: Werkzeug/0.10.1 Python/2.7.6

Files

Retrieving a file

GET /<path>

Returns: the data in the file designated by <path>

Example:

GET /Jack%20White-2014-Lazaretto/Front.jpg HTTP/1.1

HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Cache-Control: public, max-age=43200
Content-Length: 232335
Content-Type: image/jpeg
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 14:16:55 GMT
ETag: "flask-1417001049.0-232335-2421233012"
Expires: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 02:16:55 GMT
Last-Modified: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 11:24:09 GMT
Server: Werkzeug/0.10.1 Python/2.7.6



+-----------------------------+
| NOTE: binary data not shown |
+-----------------------------+

Retrieving a file's metadata

GET /<path>?stat

Returns: a JSON hash containing the following fields:

file - the name of the file
path - the absolute path to the file
size - the size of the file (in bytes)
access_time - time of last access (see man stat)
change_time - time of last status change (see man stat)
modification_time - time of last modification (see man stat)
mimetype - the MIME type of the file

GET /Jack%20White-2014-Lazaretto/Front.jpg?stat HTTP/1.1

HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Content-Length: 198
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 14:19:30 GMT
Server: Werkzeug/0.10.1 Python/2.7.6

{
    "access_time": 1427465831, 
    "change_time": 1417001049, 
    "file": "Front.jpg", 
    "mimetype": "image/jpeg", 
    "modification_time": 1417001049, 
    "path": "/Jack White-2014-Lazaretto/Front.jpg", 
    "size": 232335
}

Creating a file

PUT /<path>

Contents of file in HTTP body as raw bytes.

Example:

PUT /Jack%20White-2014-Lazaretto/hello.jpg HTTP/1.1
Content-Length: 429383
Content-Type: image/jpeg



+-----------------------------+
| NOTE: binary data not shown |
+-----------------------------+

HTTP/1.0 201 CREATED
Content-Length: 0
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 14:25:44 GMT
Server: Werkzeug/0.10.1 Python/2.7.6

Deleting a file

DELETE /<path>

Example:

DELETE /Jack%20White-2014-Lazaretto/toto.jpg HTTP/1.1
Content-Length: 0

HTTP/1.0 204 NO CONTENT
Content-Length: 0
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 14:27:13 GMT
Server: Werkzeug/0.10.1 Python/2.7.6

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2015 Charles Francoise

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

License

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