File sharing

Prerequisites

In order to run this project you must have the following installed:

• PHP 7.1
• Composer
• npm

You should also setup a web server in order to host your local domain. For these purposes you can use Laravel Homestead or Valet.

Installation

Сlone GitHub repository locally:

cd into the project folder and install Composer dependencies by running:

$ composer install

Install npm dependencies:

$ npm install

Copy the contents of .env.example file to new .env file:

$ cp .env.example .env

Create an application encryption key:

$ php artisan key:generate

Create an empty database and fill in the DB_HOST, DB_PORT, DB_DATABASE, DB_USERNAME and DB_PASSWORD fields in the .env file to match the credentials of your newly created database.

Run the migrations:

$ php artisan migrate

Create a symbolic link from public/storage to storage/app/public:

$ php artisan storage:link

Features

• AJAX file uploading (drag and drop support included)
• User registration
• Anonymous uploads as well as user uploads
• Showing files uploaded by user on the user page
• Viewing recently uploaded files
• Viewing specific file page
• Showing metadata for audio, video and image files (i.e. bit rate for audio file)
• Preview for image files, players for audio and video files
• AJAX comments and replies on the file page

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