ayiemedia/Local-Server-File-Storage-app

Local-Server-File-Storage app

• This is a simple file storer created using flask.

• This project is a similar to other online file storage app ,e.g:- google drive,dropbox ,etc

• Everyone can run this on localserver or can host this online.

• Feel free to contribute and bring changes in this project.

Install the neccessary libraries and modules

• Activate your virtualenv and run the following command in your terminal(LINUX) or cmd(WINDOWS)

  $ pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Creating the database

• Create a database --> DATA

• Execute the commands from DATA.sql to mysql to create the table.

Running the app on your localhost

• Open terminal or cmd and write the following command.

• $ python3 main.py

--------Important---------

• open main.py, at the very end you will find "app.run(host = '192.168.43.155')" , '192.168.43.155' is my ip.

• you can replace this "app.run(host = '192.168.43.155')" with "app.run()" to run it on localhost.

• To use this locally on your phone you can use "app.run(host= your-ip)", to get your ip run the following command.

  --> In linux , open terminal:

  $ ifconfig , you will get your ip.
  

  --> In windows, open cmd:

  $ ipconfig , you will get your ip.