Squidl.ink

A tool for helping to get files from A to B. All without the need for additional software or hardware. Squidlink utilizes Webtorrent as it's core but is geared towards ease of use for the average person.

Todo

• Add status messages on on-drop-loading screen. It can be rather long & appear unresponsive
• Delete links on exit from database
• Offer a password lock for links
• incorperate encryption
• Change interface & integrate social networking
• Modify interface (same as above) to incorperate multiple files, pausing, TX on demand
• Make for tests for TDD

Bugs

• Chrome has a limitation and will not allow users to download blobs larger than 1GB. The solution is to use Firefox.
• Wierd PUT ajax call after unrelated ajax call to a different route: "http://localhost:3005/auth login 404"

Getting Started

• Run npm install to install dependencies
  • Use npm run lint:js to lint your JS
  • Use npm run lint:css to lint your CSS
  • Use npm test to run tests
• Setup the databases
  • Change the database names in config/config.json to reflect your project
  • Run createdb project_name_development to create the development database
  • Run createdb project_name_test to create the test database
• Hints
  • Utilize foremand run nodemon to have .env variables easier