artstore

artstore (think "artifact store") provides lightweight management of project artifacts to a directory hierarchy via REST api. The expectation is that this directory hierarchy is then served via an HTTP server (e.g. nginx).

Dependencies

• Python 3.9
• Flask

Configuration

artstore.json is read at startup time with the following parameters:

• base_path - Path to the root of the directory hierarchy managed by artstore
• temp_path - Path to a temporary directory for storage of files which have been uploaded but not yet handled

Project configuration

projects.json holds configuration information for projects managed by artstore. A project has its own directory relative to base_path. A project can have one or more artifact "items" of various types. Each item has its own directory relative to the project's directory.

Item types

• html - an .html file (presumably index.html) can be uploaded to artstore and will be stored the item's directory

• tgz - a .tar.gz file can be uploaded to artstore and will be extracted to the item's directory. It is assumed that the directory will include an index.html file.

• zip - a .zip file can be uploaded to artstore and will be extracted to the item's directory. It is assumed that the directory will include an index.html file.

• TODO: collection - a file can be uploaded to artstore and will be stored in the item's directory. The last depth artifact files in the item directory will be retained. An index.html file will be regenerated for the item's directory with links to all artifact files. It is assumed that the filename will be unique (e.g. containing a version number).

Container image

The Dockerfile can be used to build a container image. The /etc/artstore directory should be mounted into the container, as state information is maintained there. The path to the directory hierarchy managed by artstore should be passed in as well.

Nginx proxy

The default.conf is a sample configuration file for /etc/nginx/conf.d which configures Nginx as a proxy for artstore (e.g. httpd://foo.com/artstore/ is proxied to the artstore service).

REST API

The following URIs are if the artstore service is run directly. If the service is run with nginx or some other proxy then the URIs would likely have some other prefix (for example I use artstore)

POST /<project>/<item> - upload a file with metadata for the specified project and item. Expected Content-Type header is multipart/form-data with key item

GET / - return list of projects

POST /<project> - add a project configured based on the json passed in the request (see above project configuration). Expected Content-Type header is application/json.

GET /<project> - get a project's current configuration

TODO: PUT /<project> - update a project's configuration - what would this do to existing artifacts?

DELETE /<project> - delete a project