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A simple GridFS server built with Flask
from flask import Flask, request, redirect, url_for, make_response, abort
from werkzeug import secure_filename
from pymongo import Connection
from pymongo.objectid import ObjectId
from gridfs import GridFS
from gridfs.errors import NoFile
ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS = set(['txt', 'pdf', 'png', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'gif'])
DB = Connection().gridfs_server_test
FS = GridFS(DB)
app = Flask(__name__)
def allowed_file(filename):
return '.' in filename and \
filename.rsplit('.', 1)[1] in ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS
@app.route('/', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def upload_file():
if request.method == 'POST':
file = request.files['file']
if file and allowed_file(file.filename):
filename = secure_filename(file.filename)
oid = FS.put(file, content_type=file.content_type, filename=filename)
return redirect(url_for('serve_gridfs_file', oid=str(oid)))
return '''
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Upload new file</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Upload new file</h1>
<form action="" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<p><input type="file" name="file"></p>
<p><input type="submit" value="Upload"></p>
</form>
<a href="%s">All files</a>
</body>
</html>
''' % url_for('list_gridfs_files')
@app.route('/files')
def list_gridfs_files():
files = [FS.get_last_version(file) for file in FS.list()]
file_list = "\n".join(['<li><a href="%s">%s</a></li>' % \
(url_for('serve_gridfs_file', oid=str(file._id)), file.name) \
for file in files])
return '''
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Files</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Files</h1>
<ul>
%s
</ul>
<a href="%s">Upload new file</a>
</body>
</html>
''' % (file_list, url_for('upload_file'))
@app.route('/files/<oid>')
def serve_gridfs_file(oid):
try:
file = FS.get(ObjectId(oid))
response = make_response(file.read())
response.mimetype = file.content_type
return response
except NoFile:
abort(404)
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@frontend.route('/files/')
def serve_gridfs_file(oid):
try:
file = FS.get(ObjectId(oid))
return Response(file, mimetype=file.content_type, direct_passthrough=True)
except NoFile:
abort(404)

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