From d8655bf42e42cb575c48f630af2cdc771b0c26eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Philipp Timme Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 19:08:48 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 20 +++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 2e85aa3..4c13ba2 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,13 +1,23 @@ -This is a simple file storage and permanent archive service. -It allows people to drop off files which are then assigned a uuid to link to. +# Filestorage -=Install dependencies= +This is a simple file storage and permanent archive service written in python using pyramid. +It allows people to drop off files through a REST API which are then assigned a UUIDv4 to link to. +This allows to easily achieve permanent links to files. +An easy to use web frontend for the api using jQuery is TBD. + +##Install dependencies + +``` export VENV=/path/to/venv python3 -m venv $VENV $VENV/bin/pip install -e . +``` +##Run the application -=Run the application stand-alone= - +``` $VENV/bin/pserve settings.ini --reload +``` +The `--reload` option is optional and helpful for development purposes. +Also, different wsgi servers can be used. (More about that later)