Mobius-server

Running the server:

1. Setting up flask app in terminal:
   • In Windows: set FLASK_APP=server.py
   • In Linux: export FLASK_APP=server.py
2. To run the server: flask run

Note: if run on an Azure instance for example the application will be killed when you close the ssh connection. Instead use tmux:

1. Start a tmux session: tmux
2. Do the steps from above here
3. Exit the tmux window by pressing ctrl+b and then d (detach)
4. To enter a running tmux session: tmux attach
5. To close it: go into the session and write exit

Optional:

• to run flask app in debug mode set FLASK_DEBUG=1 or export FLASK_DEBUG=1 before running the server.
• if LOGFILE is specified in .env the logger will write to that file.
• if UPLOAD_DIRECTORY in .env is not specified it will default to api_uploaded_files

Usage

• List uploaded files (No authentication required): GET request to <server-ip>/files
• Upload files: POST request to <server-ip>/files/<file-name-with-extension> with allowed API-key in header (file may be renamed due to secure_filename()-function from flask) and file as attachment
• Download files: GET request to <server-ip>/files/<file-name-with-extension> with allowed API-key in header

About

Uploading and downloading is only possible when the user gives an API-key that is also in the .env-file of the server in the ALLOWED_KEYS-variable.

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Requirements

• flask
• dotenv