zopyx_gridfs 0.1

zopyx_gridfs

zopyx_gridfs

This is a tiny GridFS (MongoDB) to web gateway based on the Pyramid web framework.

Installation

• requires Python 2.6

• create a virtualized environment using virtualenv

• inside the virtualenv environment:

  bin/easy_install zopyx.gridfs

• Start the GridFS server using (this will start a HTTP server on localhost:6543):

  bin/paster serve server.ini

Configuration

Create a server.ini configuration file containing:

[app:zopyx_gridfs]
use = egg:zopyx_gridfs
reload_templates = true
debug_authorization = false
debug_notfound = false
debug_routematch = false
debug_templates = true
default_locale_name = en
# MongoDB specific configurations
mongo_host = localhost
mongo_port = 27017
database = test

[pipeline:main]
pipeline =
    egg:WebError#evalerror
    zopyx_gridfs

[server:main]
use = egg:Paste#http
host = 0.0.0.0
port = 6543

# Begin logging configuration

[loggers]
keys = root

[handlers]
keys = console

[formatters]
keys = generic

[logger_root]
level = INFO
handlers = console

[handler_console]
class = StreamHandler
args = (sys.stderr,)
level = NOTSET
formatter = generic

[formatter_generic]
format = %(asctime)s %(levelname)-5.5s [%(name)s][%(threadName)s] %(message)s

Usage:

You can access file stored inside GridFS through HTTP:

http://localhost:6543/?filename=<filename>&collection=<collectionname>

collection is optional and defaults to files`. The server will return a 404 response if the requested file could not be found.

Author

ZOPYX Limited

c/o Andreas Jung

Charlottenstr. 37/1

D-72070 Tuebingen, Germany

www.zopyx.com

[e-mail]

0.1

• Initial version