ybycode / photor

(alpha) CLI to manage a repository of photos: import new photos, index and find them, serve them through HTTP

photor (Photos Repository)

Development

Start nix-shell to prepare the development environment. It'll bring rust, sqlite3 etc. (see shell.nix):

$ nix-shell
[nix-shell:~/code/photor]$

Build

$ nix-build

Installation

$ nix-env -f default.nix -i

Troubleshooting

At some point the installation was failing with:

error: this derivation has bad 'meta.outputsToInstall'

Running $ nix-env -u --always solved the problem.

Database migrations

$ sqlx migrate add -r some_new_migration
$ # edit the created files, then:
$ sqlx migrate run
$ # or rollback:
$ sqlx migrate revert

Run the code in dev mode

cargo run -- --help

Features / TODO

General

• show the CLI help when no arguments are given
• clean code mess ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Database

• integration of migrations files in the build
• database initialization command
• database migration command

To be added in the DB for each photo:

• exif: original date
• exif: camera make
• exif: camera model
• file size
• sha256sum

Maintenance

• check if all photos in database have their corresponding file on disk
• check that files on disk match the data in DB (+ checksum check)
• command to rebuild / complete database entries missing data

Repository

• command to output simple stats:
  • size on disk
  • number of files (photos / videos)
  • last time since maintenance run

Disc burn utilities

• FUSE mount of files listed after DB query
• photos selection from start date / photo DB id that fits on a disc of some capacity
• see xorriso integration or input generation

Web server

• generate thumbnails of pictures
• serve the repository for reading via HTTP
• photos tournament to find the best ones