kittybytes
- 6 Devlogs
- 8 Total hours
a feature rich (soon to be) file uploading service
Ship #1
DEVLOG #5 YAYAYAYYA!!!! MY FILES PAGE + FIXED THE VIEW/DOWNLOAD COUNTS THAT NEVER WORKED AND I GOT MY WEBSITE ON A DOMAIN AND VPS
patch notes:
- added a
/my-filespage so you can see everything you’ve uploaded - view counts and download counts actually increment now because i previously just added it to the database and called it a day
- file.html has a download button now instead of having to right click the raw link
- new launch.json so anyone can spin up kittybytes + a cloudflare quick tunnel locally with one click (if you have vscode)
- new css frame mogs the old one
my files page
added a proper /my-files route that pulls everything tied to your uploader_id cookie and shows it in a list. homepage now shows a “my files” link if you’ve uploaded anything before
local dev setup
also added a .vscode/launch.json that starts uvicorn + a cloudflare quick tunnel together and auto opens the tunnel url when its ready. if anyone wants to test kittybytes locally or self host their own version they can just hit run 🥹
Commits
DEVLOG #4!!! ALOT OF STUFF 👀👀
patch notes:
- new 20 megabyte file limit for large uploads
- progress bar for webpage
- file expiries (files get deleted after a set date and time)
- new file description text area on website!
the problem
i have 0 ideas where i should host this project, not much providers have lengthy persistent storage, the best free ones i could find is:
- google cloud platform
- oracle free tier
- pella.app
- wispbyte
- fps.ms
“why couldnt you use these?”
- GCP requires a credit card for billing and a verification fee
- oracle free tier also needs a credit card plus theres a binding agreement that ive heard of
- the owner of pella.app abandoned it
- you get only 1gb for wispbyte and fps.ms
“why couldnt you have used a free vps and store files on an object storage service”
well isnt file storage the entire purpose of my app?
in conclusion, my discord dms are open for ideas on hosting so that i can ship my app, @eelmo (you can click on this link to add me)
DEVLOG #3!!!!! DATABASES AND PRIVATE FILES YAYAYA!
kittybytes has an actual database now!!!! files can finally have metadata instead of just being thrown into a folder and forgotten about
what changed?
i used sqlite to store metadata about uploaded files, including:
- the original filename
- the generated file id
- the stored filename
- the file type and size
- when it was uploaded
- who uploaded it
- whether the file is private
(in the future i will add file descriptions, etc)
files also have their own proper pages now instead of mounted a directory!!
/files/{file_id}
DEVLOG #2!!!!! DISCORD EMBEDS YAYAYA!
kittybytes file links now show proper Discord embeds
how does it work?
currently, kittybytes’ backend detects if the user agent is discord’s crawler. if it is, it adds open graph tags in the <head> of the HTML
note: i logged an hour of work but i stopped using github codespaces so this devlog says 0h 22m instead of 54m
Commits
DEVLOG #1!!! today i started a NEW project called kittybytes!! a file hosting service built for felines
