node-pb

A minimalist PasteBin server in NodeJS.

Getting Started:

Installation

git clone git@github.com:sriniprash/node-pb.git
cd node-pb
npm install

Configuration

The configuration values can be tweaked in the config.js file.

Sample configuration for FileStore as backend storage:

let appConfig = {
  "storeDirectory": "/var/data/pastes"
};

Sample Configuration for RedisStore as backed storage:

let appConfig = {
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "port": 6379,
  "redisPrefix": "paste_"
};

For RedisStore, the config values confirm to: http://redis.js.org/#api-rediscreateclient

Starting the server

cd node-pb

#To start the server at port 3000 with redis as the backend store.
STORE_TYPE=RedisStore npm start

#To start the server at port 3000 with filesystem as the backend store.
STORE_TYPE=FileStore npm start

If STORE_TYPE is not specified, then the app defaults to "FileStore".

Usage:

To create a new paste:

$ netstat -a | curl -X POST --data-binary @- -H "Content-Type: text/plain" "http://localhost:3000"
Paste Created with ID: 284c9fe80d97a70654cb137dd1a694e3

To fetch an existing post with id:

curl "localhost:3000/284c9fe80d97a70654cb137dd1a694e3"

Implementing other storage types:

Currently, there are 2 implementations of the AbstractStore type

FileStore - stores the pastes in the filesystem.
RedisStore - stores the pastes in redis as key, values.

To implement other storage types, extend the AbstractStore class and implement a put and get method (see FileStore/RedisStore for reference).

TODO:

Implement below stores:

MysqlStore

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