Video backup

A web application written in Rust and TypeScript that helps making personal backups of videos with youtube-dl application.

Requirements

• youtube-dl (https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/)
• Rust compiler (https://www.rust-lang.org/)
• NodeJS and npm (https://nodejs.org/)
• ...or alternatively just Docker and Docker compose for running the application

Building and running

1. Install dependencies: npm install
2. Build frontend: npm run build
3. Then build backend and run it: cargo run
4. Video backup server starts in http://localhost:3000

Development

Open three terminal windows and run the following commands:

Terminal #1 Build and start backend with: cargo run

Terminal #2 Start proxy server: node proxy.js

Terminal #3 Start brunch in watch mode: npm start

Open browser to http://localhost:3333

Directory structure

app        - Frontend code
app/assets - Asset files that are just copied under /public directory
src        - Backend code
public     - Brunch build frontend code here. Do not modify this
             directory's contents manually.
typings    - TypeScript typings

Running in Docker container

Docker and Docker compose are required.

For starting up the container run docker-compose up

And for stopping run docker-compose stop