fileware 1.1.9

Python module to, serve files in physical memory to localhost and tunnel to a public endpoint.

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FileWare

Set up a file server to access files in local machine from anywhere on the internet.

Setup

Environment Variables:

• username: Username to confirm identity. Defaults to user profile name.
• password: Password for authentication. Defaults to FileServer
• port: Port number to serve. Defaults to 4443.
• host_path: Path which is to be hosted. Defaults to home page.

To enable notifications during connections:

• gmail_user: Username for a gmail account.
• gmail_pass: Password for the gmail account.
• recipient: Recipient email address.

To host on a public facing URL:

• ngrok_auth: Ngrok token.

Usage

python3 -m pip install fileware

import fileware


if __name__ == '__main__':
    fileware.serve()

Env vars can be loaded by placing a .env file in current working directory.

The serve function can also take arguments which can be used to override env vars.

Run-book:

https://thevickypedia.github.io/fileware/

Generated using sphinx-autogen

Coding Standards:

Docstring format: Google
Styling conventions: PEP 8
Clean code with pre-commit hooks: flake8 and isort

Pre-Commit

pre-commit will run flake8 and isort to ensure proper coding standards along with docs_generator to update the runbook

pip install --no-cache --upgrade sphinx pre-commit recommonmark

pre-commit run --all-files

License & copyright

© Vignesh Sivanandha Rao

Licensed under the MIT License

Change Log

1.1.9 (02/20/2022)

• Use an init file to get the startup args
• Get IP information from a function instead of a dict
• Update README.md and rename ngrok_connector.py

1.1.8 (02/20/2022)

• Update branch name in github actions
• Update README.md and CHANGELOG

1.1.7 (02/20/2022)

• Create a pypi module
• Setup github actions to auto upload to pypi
• Create a script to build pypi locally

1.1.6 (02/20/2022)

• Move all modules under a controller
• Move files into fileserver directory
• Use env.py to handle global env vars

1.1.5 (02/13/2022)

• Update project name in docs

1.1.4 (02/13/2022)

• Generate SSL certificate automatically
• Remove restart script

1.1.3 (01/27/2022)

• Force port number to be an integer
• Take username from OS module

1.1.2 (11/14/2021)

• Upgrade sphinx and gmailconnector version

1.1.1 (10/17/2021)

• Use non-routable address only when ngrok is running
• Using local IP allows usage without internet access
• Attempt notification only for login success or undefined

1.1.0 (10/12/2021)

• Avoid proxy server and use local machine IP to serve instead of localhost
• This allows access to the server within the Network range without any tunnelling

1.0.9 (10/10/2021)

• Use custom ngrok auth token if the config yaml is present and authtoken is in env vars
• Check if an existing ngrok is running and whether to use the self-signed cert
• Create _static dir if not found

1.0.8 (07/31/2021)

• Update docs with code-block

1.0.7 (07/30/2021)

• Add <noscript> for JavaScript disabled browsers
• Remove hard-coded version for gmail-connector

1.0.6 (07/30/2021)

• Auto upgrade sphinx before generating docs

1.0.5 (07/29/2021)

• Add a button with funny alert for session and no auth

1.0.4 (07/24/2021)

• Add markdown support for sphinx documentation

1.0.3 (07/22/2021)

• Sunset emailer.py and use self built module instead
• Reload logging module since gmail-connector uses logging
• Replace lstrip, rstrip with a generic strip
• Update docs

1.0.2 (07/12/2021)

• Check if directory exists before serving host_path
• Include link to logs in email body only if logs are reachable

1.0.1 (07/12/2021)

• Log when a logout has been requested
• Add attachment content in body of the email

1.0.0 (07/12/2021)

• Log https endpoint instead of http
• Update README.md

0.9.9 (07/11/2021)

• Add an option to logout from session
• Remove Helper class from volume.py
• Change env var name for host_path
• Update docs and README.md

0.9.8 (07/11/2021)

• add badges

0.9.7 (07/10/2021)

• add hyperlinks on docstrings

0.9.6 (07/10/2021)

• Restart ngrok.py in case of an active session found.
• Write url file before exiting
• On board restart.py

0.9.5 (07/10/2021)

• Check for stringified None for volume_name
• Fix upper case por in ngrok.py

0.9.4 (07/10/2021)

• Use url file creation to support functionalities in Jarvis

0.9.3 (07/10/2021)

• update README.md

0.9.2 (07/10/2021)

• Onboard docs

0.9.1 (07/10/2021)

• Update docstrings to onboard docs

0.9.0 (07/10/2021)

• Update docstrings to onboard docs

0.8.9 (07/10/2021)

• Log response when connected from same IP
• move volume.py to helper_functions

0.8.8 (07/10/2021)

• Do not notify if connected from same public ip
• Add dummy function to explain file_gatherer

0.8.7 (07/10/2021)

• Read html and write content instead of serving file

0.8.6 (07/10/2021)

• rename templates to html and move auth_server.html within

0.8.5 (07/09/2021)

• refactor files and update file refs

0.8.4 (07/09/2021)

• update README.md

0.8.3 (07/09/2021)

• Automatically fetch global (ngrok) endpoint
• authserver.py to work with ngrok.py and ngrok_fetcher.py
• Set default port in ngrok.py
• Remove logging from ngrok_fetcher.py and make get_ngrok module to help authserver.py

0.8.2 (07/09/2021)

• Remove redundancy on socket module

0.8.1 (07/09/2021)

• Remove hard coded IP urls from JavaScript

0.8.0 (07/09/2021)

• Sunset legacy TCP connection and all code references

0.7.9 (07/09/2021)

• Add an ultimate guide to check the ngrok public url
• Remove manual url file creation from ngrok.py
• Update .gitignore

0.7.8 (07/09/2021)

• Avoid multiple notifications for same action type

0.7.7 (07/09/2021)

• Onboard Emailer to notify client information
• Add direct access to logs in the email footer

0.7.6 (07/09/2021)

• Get IP info of clients who lands on any html page

• Store client IP info in a yaml file

• do_AUTHHEAD() -> do_AUTH()

• Update docstrings, .gitignore and requirements.txt

• fileLogger: Writes the log information only to the log file.

• consoleLogger: Writes the log information only in stdout.

• rootLogger: Logs the entry in both stdout and log file.

0.7.5 (07/08/2021)

• Add multiple log handlers - file, console and root

• This will also avoid FileNotFoundError and NotADirectoryError

0.7.4 (07/07/2021)

• If target_path is dir instead of endswith html

0.7.3 (07/07/2021)

• Add _TEMP to index files to avoid page hosting
• Revert changes to index.html files when server is stopped

0.7.2 (07/07/2021)

• Serve html file from its source instead of copying

0.7.1 (07/07/2021)

• fix the mess on host_dir

0.7.0 (07/07/2021)

• Onboard a welcome screen before showing files content
• Add optional host_dir method for server_function

0.6.9 (07/07/2021)

• Create html files to serve in case of login issues
• Encode html files' data to be written on server
• Remove write operation for incorrect creds, as this never gets written

0.6.8 (07/07/2021)

• Write html to request handler

0.6.7 (07/06/2021)

• Use os.path.sep instead of '/'

0.6.6 (07/06/2021)

• Run without SSL if .pem files are not found
• Handle BrokenPipeError and log it
• Check for len(args) in log_message to make it simple

0.6.5 (07/06/2021)

• Better logging
• Minor performance tweaks

0.6.4 (07/05/2021)

• Reset server side auth headers after timeout
• Provoke client side authentication

0.6.3 (07/05/2021)

• Add no-cache and clear-site-data headers

0.6.2 (07/05/2021)

• Exit if username and password is not set
• Use a default port
• Fix logging on 404

0.6.1 (07/05/2021)

• Prompt SSL cert creation
• Use HTTPServer instead of test in http module
• Wrap socket to ssl cert
• Include line number in print statements

0.6.0 (07/04/2021)

• Add logger
• Add doc strings
• Log unauthenticated username & password

0.5.9 (07/04/2021)

• onboard auth server

0.5.8 (07/04/2021)

• fix imports

0.5.7 (06/29/2021)

• parse url to read credentials

0.5.6 (05/20/2021)

• minor bug fixes

0.5.5 (04/30/2021)

• improve logging to generic way instead of module based

0.5.4 (04/30/2021)

• improve logging with respect to function name and file name

0.5.3 (04/30/2021)

• update README.md and requirements.txt

0.5.2 (04/29/2021)

• write url to a file to help Jarvis trigger ngrok

0.5.1 (04/29/2021)

• add requirements.txt

0.5.0 (04/29/2021)

• kill ngrok and close socket properly upon exit

0.4.9 (04/29/2021)

• add logger and more end to end socket connection

0.4.8 (04/29/2021)

• basic ngrok integration

0.4.7 (04/26/2021)

• stop volume usage gracefully

0.4.6 (04/26/2021)

• avoid using socket module repeatedly

0.4.5 (04/26/2021)

• split js from html and update .gitignore

0.4.4 (04/24/2021)

• avoid unnecessary repetition in logs and add |bypass| to get access using right creds

0.4.3 (04/24/2021)

• brute force to exit threads, add display statements for startup and shutdown

0.4.2 (04/24/2021)

• remove thread for kick off and add logger for re-auth wait time

0.4.1 (04/24/2021)

• add another layer of page refresh from server
• increase width of username and password fields

0.4.0 (04/23/2021)

• make it complex

0.3.9 (04/23/2021)

• mound and unmount disk programmatically

0.3.8 (04/23/2021)

• unmount disk automatically

0.3.7 (04/23/2021)

• get disk info post killing usage

0.3.6 (04/23/2021)

• brute force lsof for much quicker results

0.3.5 (04/23/2021)

• use lsof to find appropriate volume usage

0.3.4 (04/23/2021)

• onboard a handy script to kill volume usage

0.3.3 (04/22/2021)

• refresh page on first visit to avoid unauth access while using multiple sessions

0.3.2 (04/22/2021)

• update todos.py with a new long term plan

0.3.1 (04/22/2021)

• add LICENSE and update README.md

0.3.0 (04/22/2021)

• add todos for future iteration

0.2.9 (04/22/2021)

• add a runbook/user guide

0.2.8 (04/22/2021)

• block on failed auth and unblock after timed wait

0.2.7 (04/22/2021)

• add some detailing to the timer

0.2.6 (04/22/2021)

• make sure the timer doesn't reset on page refresh

0.2.5 (04/22/2021)

• display a timer to redirect to login page

0.2.4 (04/22/2021)

• add some meta tags

0.2.3 (04/22/2021)

• onboard blocker html page

0.2.2 (04/21/2021)

• reduce page refresh time for reload button

0.2.1 (04/21/2021)

• redirect to home page in case the auth header is lost in url

• https://docs.python.org/3/library/logging.html#logrecord-attributes

0.2.0 (04/21/2021)

• include function name in logger information

0.1.9 (04/21/2021)

• log more information on incorrect or empty credentials

0.1.8 (04/21/2021)

• add basic auth check using hyperlink from index file

0.1.7 (04/21/2021)

• handle broken pipe errors and remove log file during port busy

0.1.6 (04/21/2021)

• disable caching

0.1.5 (04/21/2021)

• gray out verify button if unsername and password fields are empty

0.1.4 (04/21/2021)

• disable scrolling and set no wrap for heading

0.1.3 (04/21/2021)

• add background and adjust margin

0.1.2 (04/21/2021)

• change font, size and background for login form

0.1.1 (04/21/2021)

• add some styling in there

0.1.0 (04/21/2021)

• basic html page for the front end

0.0.9 (04/21/2021)

• handle port in use exception

0.0.8 (04/21/2021)

• implement function level logging for visibility and restructure code

0.0.7 (04/20/2021)

• choose a repository you would like to share on internet

0.0.6 (04/20/2021)

• handle busy port errors gracefully with more information to user

0.0.5 (04/20/2021)

• solve port busy issue and implement logging

0.0.4 (04/20/2021)

• host current directory on a desired port

0.0.3 (04/20/2021)

• add .gitignore

0.0.2 (04/20/2021)

• update README.md

0.0.1 (04/20/2021)

• Initial commit