README.md

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-**12.01.2021: Fling has moved to the attic**
-
-Fling was a good learning experiment for a non-trivial React app with a REST
-backend. However, it never really got any traction and I'm not using it anymore.
-Other projects are more important to me and maintaining Fling does not make any
-sense. As of now docker containers are deleted and the artifacts are not
-distributed anymore. You are free to fork and build your own version but no more
-work will be done in this repository.
-
-Alternatives:
-- If you are looking for mature self-hosted file sharing solution,
-  [ownCloud](https://owncloud.com/) is in many ways similar to Fling and then
-  some.
-- If you want an even simpler solution for sharing files over http,
-  [dirl](https://github.com/arminfriedl/dirl) might meet your needs.
-
 # Fling
+Have you ever missed the simplicity of an USB Stick when sharing data over the
+net?
+
+Zero-friction sharing is a surprisingly unsolved problem. There's no reasonably
+ubiquitous solution installed on everybody's machine. Online providers are often
+packed with features, but miss out on things like direct download urls, a space
+for others to easily _upload_ to you, or require registration from all
+participants. I don't remember any of these things being a problem with USB 🤔.
+
 Fling is a self-hosted file share. It is simple like USB without missing out on
-the good parts of a web app:
-- Just drop files on a Fling and share the URL
-- Choose your own name for your share-URL
+the good parts of the web:
+- Drop files on a fling and share the URL. That's it. The fling way of life.
+
+Other features include:
+- Choose your own, meaningful name for your sharing URL
 - Share a direct download link
-- Let others upload files
+- Choose to let others upload files just as simple
 - Protect your fling by a password - no registration required
-- Let a fling expire after a date or a number of clicks
+- Let a fling expire after a date or a number of clicks (or keep it forever)
 
-# API
-Fling is distributed as both, a backend service and a web interface. You can use
-the backend on its own with any [HTTP client](examples).
+# Fling is a API
+It gets even better!
 
-Per default Fling publishes a Swagger UI page and an OpenAPI spec. You can find
-them here:
+Fling is a backend service and a web interface. But you can use anything else
+that speaks HTTP if you prefer. In fact, we generate and publish a javascript
+and python client for the Fling API on every build. If you like it bare-bones
+there is also a querysheet in the examples folder with raw HTTP calls.
 
-``` http
-http://<host>:<port>/swagger-ui.html
-http://<host>:<port>/v3/api-docs
-```
+Fling also has a code-first OpenAPI compliant spec. O mon Dieu, it just checks
+_all_ the boxes!
 
-If starting the fling container locally, the default `<host>:<port>` is
-http://localhost:3000. You can also find a recent version of it via
-https://fling.friedl.net/swagger-ui.html and
-https://fling.friedl.net/v3/api-docs.
+# Fling as a container
+It gets even even better better!
 
-# Starting Fling from Docker
-A Fling container is provided at https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/arminfriedl/fling.
-
-1. Run `docker run --rm -p3000:3000 arminfriedl/fling`
-2. Go to the default http://localhost:3000
-3. Log in with `adminName:adminPassword`.
-
-## Configuring Fling
-The Fling container can be configured by environment variables.
-
-The web interface configuration ([config.js](web/fling/public/config.js)/[config.js.template](container/var/www/fling/config.js.template)) will be
-filled by `envsubst` when the container starts up.
-``` sh
-# The base URL of the Fling API service
-FLING_API_BASE=http://localhost:3000
-# Log level of the application
-FLING_LOG_LEVEL=warn
-# Max. upload size in bytes. Checked on client side.
-FLING_FILESIZE=209715200
-```
-
-The Fling service configuration is a standard spring configuration. It can be
-set by environement variables or any other [configuration externalization supported by spring boot]
-(https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/spring-boot-features.html#boot-features-external-config)).
-Refer to the [application-prod.yml](service/fling/src/main/resources/application-prod.yml) for configuration options.
+Fling is self-hosted. But it is packaged up in a docker container for easy
+deployment. Run `docker run --rm -p3000:3000 arminfriedl/fling` and go to
+http://localhost:3000. Admin user is `adminName:adminPassword`.

container/etc/nginx/conf.d/fling.conf

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       proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
     }
 
-    # handle openapi requests by openapi servlet
-    location /swagger-ui {
-      proxy_pass http://localhost:8080;
-
-      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host:$server_port;
-      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Server $host;
-      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
-      proxy_set_header Host $host;
-      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
-
-      # Required for web sockets to function
-      proxy_http_version 1.1;
-      proxy_buffering off;
-      proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
-      proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
-    }
-
     # always respond with index.html for unknown paths
     # (routing is client side)
     location / {