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Meteor-Files

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• Upload / Read files in Cordova app: Cordva support (Any with support of FileReader)
• Upload file(s) via DDP
  • Ready for small and large files (RAM used only for chunk reading - read about chunkSize)
  • Pause / Resume upload
  • Auto-pause when connection to server is interrupted
  • Multi-stream async upload (faster than ever)
• Use third-party storage:
  • AWS
  • DropBox
  • Google Drive
  • Google Storage
  • any other with JS/REST API
• Display upload speed
• Display remaining upload time
• Serving files
  • Make files public, so your proxy server like nginx can serve them
  • Protect/Restrict access to files
  • Files CRC check (integrity check)
• Write to file system (FS)
  • Automatically writes files on FS and special Collection
  • path, collection name, schema, chunk size and naming function is under your control
  • Support for file subversions, like thumbnails, audio/video file formats, revisions, and etc.
• Streaming via HTTP
  • Correct mime-type and Content-Range headers
  • Correct 206 and 416 responses
  • Following RFC 2616
• Download via HTTP
  • You able to specify route
  • Download is ready for small and large files, with support of progressive (chunked) download
• Store wherever you like
  • You may use Meteor-Files as temporary storage
  • After file is uploaded and stored on FS you able to mv or cp its content
• Support of non-latin (non-Roman) file names
• Subscribe on files (collections) you need

ToC:

API:

• FilesCollection Constructor [Isomorphic] - Initialize FilesCollection
• write() [Server] - Write Buffer to FS and FilesCollection
• load() [Server] - Write file to FS and FilesCollection from remote URL
• addFile() [Server] - Add local file to FilesCollection from FS
• findOne() [Isomorphic] - Find one file in FilesCollection
• find() [Isomorphic] - Create cursor for FilesCollection
• insert() [Client] - Upload file to server
• remove() [Isomorphic] - Remove files from FilesCollection and unlink from FS
• unlink() [Server] - Unlink file from FS
• link() [Isomorphic] - Generate downloadable link
• collection [Isomorphic] - Meteor.Collection instance
• Template helper fileURL [Client] - Generate downloadable link in template

Examples:

• Third-party storage (DropBox example)
• File subversions - Create video file with preview and multiple formats