UploadR

UploadR is a simple server-side uploading service made with ASP.NET Core 5.

Requirements

In order to use UploadR, you need the following components:

• ASP.NET Core 5
• PostgreSQL Server

Configuration

Use the pre-made file uploadr.json to create your configuration. This file must be in the same directory as the executable. You can also set an environment variable UPLOADR_PATH.

Database setup

Follow these instructions if you need help to setup your PostgreSQL database for UploadR.

• Connect to your PostgreSQL database as a super-user.
• Create a user. In our case, its name will be uploadr. Replace your_password by a strong password.

CREATE USER uploadr PASSWORD 'your_password';

• Create a database. In our case, its name will be uploadr. Don't forget to change the owner name if you used something else than uploadr.

CREATE DATABASE uploadr WITH OWNER 'uploadr';

Database configuration

• Hostname is the hostname of your PostgreSQL server. Default is localhost if it's ran locally.
• Port is the port of your PostgreSQL server. Default is 5432.
• Database is the name of the target PostgreSQL database that you created in Database Setup.
• Username is the name of the user that you created in Database Setup.
• Password is the password of the user that you created in Database Setup.

Using UploadR

You need Visual Studio 2019 or the .NET 5 SDK in order to build UploadR. If you are building from a terminal, use the following command:

dotnet publish -c Release -r [RUNTIME]

You can replace [RUNTIME] by either win-x64, linux-x64, etc. depending on the target operating system. See Microsoft documentation for .NET Core runtime if you have troubles.