This is my little pet-project based on a test task for python backend developer found somewhere on the web.
These are the main requirements of the said task:
- Create a small web app for image uploading.
- Frontend is not very important.
- There must be a file upload form and a showcase of all uploaded images. Doesn't matter if they will be on the same or on a different web pages.
- Upload form must have:
- a file selection field
- a text field to name the image you are going to upload
- Gallery must have:
- an image preview (which acts as a link to original image)
- a file name (from upload form)
- a file size
- an info about camera model and maker the image was taken with (from EXIF)
- a date the uploaded image was made (from EXIF)
- an upload date
- a button to delete an uploaded image
- The app must accept only images.
- The app must not accept duplicates.
- The app must not accept images without EXIF creation date or with one that is more than a year before now.
The last requirement was omitted in my project because EXIF data only exists for JPEG and TIFF and with a restriction on images made not more than a year ago - it would be quite difficult to find one. Therefore, my app accept any image type that can be found in this list: '.rgb', '.gif', '.pbm', '.pgm', '.ppm', '.tiff', '.rast', '.xbm', '.jpeg', '.bmp', '.png', '.webp', '.exr' without any restrictions on creation date. But it can be implemented very easily.
This project uses http.server for the server and for the base of request handler, jinja as a template engine, MySQL 5.7 paired with sqlalchemy for data storage and PILLOW for image processing.
Docker was used to deploy the app. There is a separate container for the MySQL database and for the Python server, which acts both as HTTP and file server.
You can deploy the app with:
docker-compose up
After the deployment, you can find my app at http://localhost:8000
NOTE: MySQL will take some time to get ready