Link Sharing Pack Support

iglesiasbrandon commented 2 years ago

Summary:

Storing small files individually is not ideal; compressing them into a zip is the best way to store them. We do not have the ability to download or view parts of a zip file without first downloading the entire thing.

Pain Point:

Users are unable to view the contents of a zip file that is uploaded to v3 without first downloading the entire zip.

Intended Outcome:

Users have the ability to view the contents of a zip file without having to download it. They would also have the ability to download a specific file within the zip so that they do not have to download the entire thing.

Links:

Milestone: https://github.com/storj/gateway-mt/milestone/2 https://review.dev.storj.io/c/storj/gateway-mt/+/6494 https://github.com/storj/gateway-mt/milestone/2

super3 commented 2 years ago

@iglesiasbrandon Do we have any significant customers that would actually use this? Per a discussion with @kaloyan-raev everyone will use #15, but I don't think many customers will our native client side file support. There are plenty of other mature tools out do packing already. Currently we use Restic, and it works quite well.

iglesiasbrandon commented 2 years ago

@iglesiasbrandon Do we have any significant customers that would actually use this? Per a discussion with @kaloyan-raev everyone will use #15, but I don't think many customers will our native client side file support. There are plenty of other mature tools out do packing already. Currently we use Restic, and it works quite well.

Hey @super3 I updated the title of this epic to be more descriptive. In terms of functionality, it is not specific to any customer or user. The functionality is useful for anyone who wants to traverse a zip file on the linksharing service without having to download it.

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