Random Image Displayer

This little program will display a random image from a folder specified.

How Do I use it?

note: This guide is for Linux/Mac and assumes you have docker installed. If you're running Windows, use WSL.

1. Check out app/server.js, this is where the magic happens.
2. Under the Local Constants section, change the imageFolder to the folder you want to display images from and the port to whatever port you want to use.
3. Put the images you want to display in the folder you specified.
4. Run chmod +x on the buildandrun.sh file.
5. Run ./buildandrun.sh in the terminal. Which will start the server.
6. Open your browser and go to http://localhost:port where port is the port you specified in the Local Constants section.
7. Refresh the page to see a new image.
8. Enjoy!

Why did I make it?

• I wanted to make a simple program that I could use to display random images for my wildcard subdomains.
• I wanted to learn a little more Node.js and how to use it to create a simple server.
• I was going to use Python/FastAPI (which I'm more familiar with) but I would have had to write a front-end in JS anyway.
• It literally just took me a few minutes to make.

Who am I?

• I'm Daniel Morley, a Backend Python Developer from Melbourne, Australia. I enjoy tinkering with my home server and sometimes write small projects like this (and sometimes some larger).

Can I modify it?

• Sure! Feel free to modify it and share it with the world.

Can I test it without running it myself?

• sigh yes, as long as you don't break anything Random Image @ Morley's Exact Club

Will you update this in the future?

• Maybe, but this wasn't the original idea. I was hoping to return a full 404 page with a random image and styling etc. Maybe I'll end up doing that and changing this project to something written in react.js, maybe I'll just leave it as is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯