Imagehost-API 2

RESTful express API backend built to host images, its titles, and descriptions.

Uses multer as middleware to save and filter images that are received through the API, and uses SQLite to store extra data associated with an image.

Frontend is built with React.

API requests

GET /photos/all returns array of all uploaded file data (filename, title, description, timestamp). Note that minimized versions of images exist in the format of "min.filename.png" for faster loading thumbnails.

POST /photos/upload receives form data for {image, title, description} and uploads image to server

PUT /photos/:filename receives form data for {title, description} and modifies the title and description for the file that matches filename

DELETE /photos/:filename deletes file from server

How can I use this on my computer?

1. Run git clone https://github.com/koizura/Imagehost-API-2 in your terminal.
2. Run cd Imagehost-API-2 to move into the directory.
3. open a second terminal at the same location. One for the backend, and another for the frontend.
4. Run cd api and then run npm i to install all the dependencies used for the backend.
5. Run node server.js to start the server
6. Go to your second terminal. Run cd frontend to move into the frontend folder, then run npm i to install all frontend dependencies.
7. Run npm start to start the react website server. This should take a moment to load on your browser.