Python streaming server to metastream your local videos with friends and family (https://getmetastream.com/)

metastream_server.py

from starlette.applications import Starlette
from starlette.responses import StreamingResponse, HTMLResponse
from starlette.routing import Route

from pathlib import Path

VIDEO_PATH = Path('videos')


def stream(request):
    filename = request.path_params['filename']
    return StreamingResponse(open(VIDEO_PATH / filename, 'rb'), media_type='video/mp4')


def homepage(request):
    html_text = []
    for file in VIDEO_PATH.iterdir():
        streampath = "stream/{}".format(file.name)
        html_text.append("<li><a href='{streampath}'>{filename}</a></li>".format(
            streampath=streampath, filename=file.name
        ))
    html_text = '<br />'.join(html_text)
    return HTMLResponse(html_text)


routes = [
    Route('/', endpoint=homepage),
    Route('/stream/{filename}', endpoint=stream)
]

app = Starlette(debug=True, routes=routes)