vbl-dock

Storage server for VBL JSON files

This is a Flask application that implements a REST API allowing for PUT/POST/GET access to JSON files stored on the server. The JSON files are not encrypted, but are protected by a password. This isn't really a secure setup, but whatever.

Development

Run in dev mode by using python server.py, which loads the Flask server on localhost:5000

Flask app

Users create a new bucket using the POST /create/<bucket> endpoint, passing a token and password:

data = {
    "token": "<token>",
    "password": hash256("<password>")
}

Users add new data to a bucket using the POST or PUT /upload/<bucket>/<type>/<name>?auth=<hashed password> endpoint, passing the data:

data = {
    "data": {
        "position": [1,2,3]
    }
}

Users access data in a bucket using GET /<bucket>/<type>/<name>?auth=<hashed password> which will return the raw JSON.

Folder structure

/data/ is the top level folder.

Buckets are stored in /data/bucket/. Users then organize their data files by type (e.g. neurons, probes, etc) and with a unique name. P

Hosting

todo...