Armin Friedl
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Use local url in prod config. The local url works if docker is started on localhost. If the container is deployed to a domain, the base URL must be specified via REACT_APP_API environment variable.
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[](https://drone.friedl.net/incubator/fling)
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# Fling
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Have you ever missed the simplicity of an USB Stick when sharing data over the
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net?
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Zero-friction sharing is a surprisingly unsolved problem. There's no reasonably
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ubiquitous solution installed on everybody's machine. Online providers are often
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packed with features, but miss out on things like direct download urls, a space
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for others to easily _upload_ to you, or require registration from all
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participants. I don't remember any of these things being a problem with USB 🤔.
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Fling is a self-hosted file share. It is simple like USB without missing out on
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the good parts of the web:
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- Drop files on a fling and share the URL. That's it. The fling way of life.
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Other features include:
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- Choose your own, meaningful name for your sharing URL
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- Share a direct download link
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- Choose to let others upload files just as simple
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- Protect your fling by a password - no registration required
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- Let a fling expire after a date or a number of clicks (or keep it forever)
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# Fling is a API
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It gets even better!
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Fling is a backend service and a web interface. But you can use anything else
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that speaks HTTP if you prefer. In fact, we generate and publish a javascript
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and python client for the Fling API on every build. If you like it bare-bones
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there is also a querysheet in the examples folder with raw HTTP calls.
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Fling also has a code-first OpenAPI compliant spec. O mon Dieu, it just checks
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_all_ the boxes!
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# Fling as a container
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It gets even even better better!
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Fling is self-hosted. But it is packaged up in a container for easy deployment.
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Run `docker run --rm -p3000:3000 arminfriedl/fling` and go to
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http://localhost:3000. The default admin user is `adminName:adminPassword`.
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## Configuring Fling
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The Fling container can be configured by environment variables.
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Web interface configuration (`config.js`/`config.js.template`; will be replaced
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by `envsubst` when the container starts up):
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``` sh
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# The base URL of the Fling API service
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FLING_API_BASE=http://localhost:3000
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FLING_LOG_LEVEL=warn
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# Max. upload size in bytes
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FLING_FILESIZE=209715200
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```
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Fling service configuration (`application-prod.yml`). Standard spring
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configuration, can be set by environement variables or any other
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[externalization facilities of spring boot](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/spring-boot-features.html#boot-features-external-config)).
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Please refer to `application-prod.yml` for configuration possibilites.
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