This app was developed for a fellowship program through my local hospital. It provides a way to easily navagate 3000+ .mp4 files and allows editing and restructuring of data through a simple user interface. Files are parsed by name and the resulting data is modeled and stored in a mongo database.
The backend was built with Spring Boot to interact with the Mongo database. Authentication is done through Spring Security + JWT for role-based routing and privelages.
See the repository for the frontend here:
Frontend code
I learned a great deal about backend development with this project. Some challenges included learning how to handle interactions and buisness logic involved with AWS S3 and MongoDB. The backend can initally parse the list of files in S3, removing bad formats and corrupted files and then parsing file names into readable titles. The addresses are saved in MongoDB where a presigned URL can be fetched through the AWS functionality.
Navigating Spring Security and JWT was also a great learning experience and a fun challenge.
Currently, you'll need to create and populate an S3 Bucket with .mp4 files and connect it to the backend through the AWS CLI.
Next, run the docker-compose file in the mongodb directory and create a collection called "roles" and add documents "ROLE_USER" and "ROLE_ADMIN" as shown below.
Uploading this file through Mongo Express/Compass should do the trick.
If you want to use the admin privileges, uncomment the @CommandlineRunner method in the application's main method and then hit run. You'll then be able to login with the same credentials.
Also, make sure your application.properties file is configured as such:
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Fork/clone this repo
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Download Docker Desktop App
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Run the Docker Compose file found in the mongodb directory.
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Access the Mongo Express UI at: localhost:8081
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Create the "roles" collection as mentioned above.
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To populate the database, make this POST request with Postman: http://localhost:6080/api/S3/update
If you would rather skip the Docker proccess for the front/backend, follow the steps below.
You will still need to run the docker-compose file to get mongodb running locally. Just comment out the frontend/backend sections in the file.
mvn clean install
and:
mvn spring-boot:run