Dester Backend [JS]

.env Variables

Enter values without quotes:

• TMDB_API_KEY: Your TMDB API key.
• DATA_DIRECTORY_PATH: Path to store the generated TMDB data.
• CONFIG_PATH: Path to the config file.
• SESSION_SECRET: Enter a set of random characters to hash the passwords
• PORT: Default - 8803

API Endpoints

/api/v1/home

• Description: Provides data for the homepage of the Dester client.

/api/v1/users

• GET Request

  • Description: Returns a list of all users profiles along with their associated data.

• POST Request

  • Description: Creates a new user profile.
  • JSON Body:

    {
      "name": "string",
      "passwordProtected": "boolean",
      "password": "string",
      "isChildUser": "boolean",
      "profileImage": "string"
    }

• PATCH Request

  • Description: Update an existing user profile.
  • JSON Body:

    {
      "name": "string",
      "passwordProtected": "boolean",
      "previousPassword": "string",
      "password": "string",
      "isChildUser": "boolean",
      "profileImage": "string"
    }

/api/v1/scan-files

• GET Request

  • Description: Provides real-time updates on the data generation process initiated by a POST request.

• POST Request

  • Description: Initiates the data generation process for a specified directory.
  • JSON Body:

    {
      "path": "path to the directory",
      "type": "tv" | "movie"
    }

Development Setup

• Execute pnpm dev:gen to create test files and folders.
• If desired, update the demo.mp4 file in the root directory and modify the final lines of dummy_folder_gen.ts to adjust file generation.
• -mt media type movie | tv

Notes

• This application does not use a database.
• Note: The majority of the code is generated with the help of ChatGPT (free tier).