streamShare

Easy file upload. By entering the respective contact information (optional) in field, users can send others a key to access the file.
Download uploaded files with ease! You can access any file as long as you have a copy of a shared key!

Inspiration

Our team was inspired by file hosting applications such as Dropbox and Mega Unlimited.

What It Does

streamShare is a web application that allows users to temporarily host a file for fiends and peers to access. With streamShare, users can upload a file to the server and message recipients with a "key" connected to the file. When uploaded, the file is encrypted and temporarily stored in a database. Using the key attached to the file, anyone with the key can download the corresponding file until it is shortly removed from storage.

How We Built It

Front end: The visuals and structure of streamShare's website was created using with raw html5 and css3. Functionality and effects were implemented with javascript and jquery.

Back end: To host the server, our our team used the free cloud platform, Heroku. The back-end of streamShare was made using Node.js, which connected to the javascript of the front-end thanks to the socket.io API. The database was made using Json. ITFFF was implemented with a Node.js webhook, and allowed us to distribute the keys to the select recipients a user identified.

Challenges We Ran Into

None of us had experience with any of the languages used beforehand. Node.js and Json can kill.

Accomplishments That We're Proud Of

Despite lacking experience, we managed to create a finished product and learned a lot about web development and the respective languages we used!

What We Learned

Perhaps APIs such as React and Bootstrap are optimal when looking to create a quality front-end in a limited time frame. Making a web application was messy with raw code.

What's Next for streamShare

Bug fixing. The website and application still functions but that doesn't mean there are no kinks that need ironing out! The database is quirky and needs to be optimized. Hopefully more user-friendly features can be implemented as well.

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SwampHacks VI

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I worked specifically on the back-end. I got the file uploading working between the client and the server, and also worked on the encryption of the files before being placed on the server and the decryption when the users download the files. I also worked on the API calls to IFTTT.

Trevor Eckhoff
I worked on the front-end. I specialized in front-end functionality, managing user input, and capturing potential errors. I used javascript and html5.

Nathan Whelden
I worked on the front-end. I learned to use HTML and CSS to create a user interface that enables user to input and download files.

kevmondragon
I worked on front-end designing the overall look and feel of the website. HTML, CSS, and JavaScript were used. Started off as back-end setting up Firebase and React, but half way in the project we decided to go a different route in terms of storage and hosting.

Nick Rodriguez

Updates

Trevor Eckhoff started this project — Feb 01, 2020 03:00 PM EST

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