UploadR

UploadR is a simple server-side uploading service made with ASP.NET Core 5.

Requirements

In order to use UploadR, you need the following components:

ASP.NET Core 5
PostgreSQL Server

Configuration

Use the pre-made file uploadr.json to create your configuration. This file must be in the same directory as the executable. You can also set an environment variable UPLOADR_PATH.

Database setup

Follow these instructions if you need help to setup your PostgreSQL database for UploadR.

Connect to your PostgreSQL database as a super-user.
Create a user. In our case, its name will be uploadr. Replace your_password by a strong password.

CREATE USER uploadr PASSWORD 'your_password';

Create a database. In our case, its name will be uploadr. Don't forget to change the owner name if you used something else than uploadr.

CREATE DATABASE uploadr WITH OWNER 'uploadr';

Database configuration

Hostname is the hostname of your PostgreSQL server. Default is localhost if it's ran locally.
Port is the port of your PostgreSQL server. Default is 5432.
Database is the name of the target PostgreSQL database that you created in Database Setup.
Username is the name of the user that you created in Database Setup.
Password is the password of the user that you created in Database Setup.

Using UploadR

You need Visual Studio 2019 or the .NET 5 SDK in order to build UploadR. If you are building from a terminal, use the following command:

dotnet publish -c Release -r [RUNTIME]