Evironment Variable Name	Description
FILESYSTEM_DATABASE_URL	URI connection string could reference a local database during development
ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET	A string generated by running require('crypto').randomBytes(64).toString() in the terminal will work as a secret
REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET	A string generated by running require('crypto').randomBytes(64).toString() in the terminal will work as a secret

Simple usage

const express = require('express')
var app = express()
const fileSystemMongo = require('file-system-mongo')(app)

app.use(fileSystemMongo)

app.get('/tree', function (req, res) {
  res.json({msg: 'This is CORS-enabled for all origins!'})
})

app.listen(80, function () {
  console.log('Web server listening on port 80')
})

Configuring file-system-mongo

Options:

white_list: "http://127.0.0.1:5500,http://localhost:5000", //default: undefined
access_token_expiry: "15s", //default: 900s
cookie_max_age: 1000*60*60, //default: 1000*60*60*24 (1 day)
cookie_secure: false, //default: true

REST API Endpoints

File-System-Mongo REST API provides many document-oriented endpoints, but also allows you to customize your own.

See endpoints doc for a full documentation of the endpoints

Here are the endpoints provided by File-System-Mongo that perform CRUD operations on resources in REST style. |

Customizing File-System-Mongo REST API

...
const app = express();

const { router, getFileSystem, authenticateToken } = require("./file-system-routes")(app);

router.get("/custom", authenticateToken, (req, res) => {
  const username = req.user.username;
  const fsPromises = getFileSystem(username).promises;
  console.log(fsPromises);
});

app.use(router);
...