Stratus

Free, unlimited cloud storage! Powered by familiar FTP-style command line controls.

Dependencies

1. pip and node.js for installation
2. An instance of MongoDB running as a separate task

Installation

1. Create a "master" Dropbox account to run your application.
2. Visit the developer site app console and create a Dropbox API app with files and datastores. The app data folder and name settings are up to you.
3. Execute the following:

git clone git@github.com:akalicki/stratus.git
cd stratus
npm install -g phantomjs
pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Replace the app_key and app_secret fields in the config.py file with the strings provided to your app in the Dropbox app console.

Usage

The app runs almost identically to the FTP console interface once initialized. From the stratus folder, simply type python stratus.py to begin and help for the list of commands:

stratus - v0.1.0
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  help - list all commands
  quit - exit the program (aliases: exit, logout)

# Navigation:
  pwd          - get path of stratus directory
  lpwd         - get path of local directory
  ls           - list files in stratus directory
  lls          - list files in local directory
  cd    [path] - navigate to stratus directory at path
  lcd   [path] - navigate to local directory at path
  mkdir [path] - create stratus directory at given path
  rmdir [path] - remove stratus directory at given path

# File Operations:
  put  [lpath] [spath] - upload file from lpath to spath
  get  [spath] [lpath] - download file at spath to lpath
  mv   [path1] [path2] - move stratus file from path1 to path2
  link [path]          - get web links to stratus file at given path
  rm   [path]          - delete stratus file at given path

Future Plans

1. Autocomplete to make navigating faster
2. Some kind of search?
3. Chunked upload and upload status indication

Disclaimers

1. Each time stratus needs to generate a new Dropbox account, it takes a bit of time. Please be patient on the first upload and every time you use up 2GB.
2. Due to Dropbox developer limitations stratus can only create up to 100 accounts (200GB of storage) at the present time. Looking for a way around this.
3. The current upload function only supports individual files of 150MB or smaller. This will be fixed in an upcoming patch when I switch upload protocols.

Thanks

This project was heavily based on Raymond Jacobson (@raymondjacobson)'s ideas and account generation process demonstrated in his project Monsoon. The apps differ a bit in functionality and usage, so go check his out!