pygate-webapp

A Filecoin Flask template application for Python developers using Textile.io's Powergate and the Pygate gRPC client.

Installation

• Clone files and cd to directory:
  git clone https://github.com/pygate/pygate-webapp && cd pygate-webapp
• Set up virtualenv:
  virtualenv venv
• Activate virtualenv:
  source venv/bin/activate
• Install requirements:
  pip install -r requirements.txt
• Create the application database:
  python create_db.py
• pygate-webapp is built using the Python Flask framework. To start the built-in development server:
  python run.py
• Go to localhost:5000 in your browser to use the app.
• This is a development release of the pygate-webapp. It is designed to work with a Dockerized Localnet Powergate. It assumed this is running at the 127.0.0.1:5002 address. You can change the POWERGATE_ADDRESS in the config.py file.

Features

• Upload a file or multiple files from your local machine to the Filecoin network.
• Download them from Filecoin back to your local machine.
• Check Wallet balances.
• Change Filecoin Filesystem (FFS) configuration settings and push them to files in storage.
• Review logs of your activities in the Pygate webapp.