Chrome-Extension-BE

Introduction

This API is designed to simply handle file uploads to a server and downloads from a server

Features

• Upload Files: Easily upload files to the server with a simple POST request.
• Download Files: Retrieve specific files from the server using a GET request.
• File Metadata: Access file information from a database such as file size and URL, file path, etc.

The live link is at http://fortunate3d-001-site1.atempurl.com/

For more detailed information on the API endpoints and usage, refer to the full API documentation at DOCUMENTATION.md

Installation on your local machine

1. Clone the repository to your local machine:

$ git clone https://github.com/FortunateOmonuwa/FileStorage.API.git

2. Change to the project directory:

$ cd FileStorage.API

3. Open the appsettings.json file in the project and add your database connection string to the "ConnectionStrings" section.

"ConnectionStrings": {
  "AppConnection": "Data Source=YourDataSource/Server;Initial Catalog=YourDbName;User Id=Db user id if you have one;Password=Your password if you have an id",
}

4. Apply Database Migration and Update your Database.

• For Visual Studio, run these commands

  $ add-migration initial-migration
  $ update-database

• For Visual Studio Code, run these commands

$ dotnet ef migrations add InitialCreate
$ dotnet ef database update

These commands will create an initial database schema for you based on the data model(s)

5. Run the application using dotnet run for Visual Studio code or clicking on the play icon on Visual Studio

$ dotnet run