Flask-file-uploader

Flask-based web application allows users to create accounts and login, upload files, and interact with data through a RESTful API. The system leverages JWT for secure user authentication and stores uploaded files in a MySQL database in BLOB (Binary Large Object) format.

Instructions

• create virtual environment

python -m venv venv

• activate virtual environment

source venv/bin/activate

• clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/Matic-M/Flask-file-uploader

• inside folder make another folder called DATA and change path in api_server.py!!!

• install requirements

pip install -r requirements.txt

• export variables and run flask on all adresses (port 5000 by default)

export FLASK_APP=app.py
export FLASK_ENV=development
flask run --host=0.0.0.0

• login and create MySQL database

mysql -u root -p

CREATE DATABASE my_database;

• use database

USE my_database;

* create table users
```bash
CREATE TABLE users (
    id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
    username VARCHAR(80) NOT NULL,
    password VARCHAR(80) NOT NULL,
    naziv VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL
);

• create table photos

CREATE TABLE photos (
    id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
    filename VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
    pathR LONGBLOB NOT NULL
);

• test endpoints with curl and don't forget on JWT token