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NestJS File Streaming

CodeQL

Features

  • Efficient upload / download
  • Very low RAM usage
  • Great for providing large files without storing them in the filesystem
  • Can be used to efficiently stream video files (skipping in the timeline will result in a partial download)
  • Accepts range header to support partial downloads

Used packages

Setup

Docker

  • docker-compose up -d
  • Swagger documentation can be found at http://localhost:3101/api/

Local

  • Start a MongoDB instance with default configuration
  • Use npm start to compile and start the server
  • Swagger documentation can be found at http://localhost:3101/api/

Usage

  • Upload a file: POST to http://localhost:3101/ as multipart/form-data with file field
  • Download an uploaded file: GET to http://localhost:3101/<id>
  • GET to http://localhost:3101 for list of uploaded videos
  • More information can be found in the Swagger Documentation

Caution! This is not a production grade server