zopyx_gridfs 0.1.2

zopyx_gridfs

This is a tiny GridFS (MongoDB) to web gateway based on the Pyramid web framework.

Installation

• requires Python 2.6

• create a virtualized environment using virtualenv

• inside the virtualenv environment:

  bin/easy_install zopyx_gridfs

• Create a server.ini configuration file containing:

  [app:zopyx_gridfs]
  use = egg:zopyx_gridfs
  reload_templates = true
  debug_authorization = false
  debug_notfound = false
  debug_routematch = false
  debug_templates = true
  default_locale_name = en
  # MongoDB specific configurations
  mongo_host = localhost
  mongo_port = 27017
  database = test
  
  [pipeline:main]
  pipeline =
      egg:WebError#evalerror
      zopyx_gridfs
  
  [server:main]
  use = egg:Paste#http
  host = 0.0.0.0
  port = 6543
  
  # Begin logging configuration
  
  [loggers]
  keys = root
  
  [handlers]
  keys = console
  
  [formatters]
  keys = generic
  
  [logger_root]
  level = INFO
  handlers = console
  
  [handler_console]
  class = StreamHandler
  args = (sys.stderr,)
  level = NOTSET
  formatter = generic
  
  [formatter_generic]
  format = %(asctime)s %(levelname)-5.5s [%(name)s][%(threadName)s] %(message)s

• Start the GridFS server using (this will start a HTTP server on localhost:6543):

  bin/paster serve server.ini

Usage:

You can access file stored inside GridFS through HTTP:

http://localhost:6543/?filename=<filename>&collection=<collectionname>

collection is optional and defaults to files`. The server will return a 404 response if the requested file could not be found.

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