A simple image sharing app built with Appwrite and React, demonstrating Appwrite Storage and Permissions.
Adapted from Todo With React.
Follow our simple Installation Guide to get Appwrite up and running in no time. You can either deploy Appwrite on your local machine or, on any cloud provider of your choice.
Note: If you setup Appwrite on your local machine, you will need to create a public IP so that your hosted frontend can access it.
We need to make a few configuration changes to your Appwrite server.
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(Optional) Configure a Storage in Appwrite
Although you can deploy the app with the default Local storage, this app is intended to allow you to experiment with other Appwrite Storage adapters. For example, you could configure Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage to store files in the cloud.
If you do configure a Storage, remember to restart Appwrite after editing your .env file. This can be easily done by running the following command.
docker-compose up -d
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Create a new project in the Appwrite console.
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Add a new Web App to the project and enter your website's endpoint (
localhost, <project-name>.vercel.app etc)
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Click Storage in the left navigation menu to create a new bucket.
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Give the bucket a suitable name, for example,
user-images, and click Create. -
Make a note of the Bucket ID on the right of the Settings page.
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Scroll down the Settings page, and click Add Role.
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In the Role dropdown, select
users, and enable the Create permission. -
Enable File Security.
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Click Update to update the bucket's settings.
You have two options to deploy the front-end and we will cover both of them here. In either case, you will need to fill in these environment variables that help your frontend connect to Appwrite.
REACT_APP_ENDPOINT- Your Appwrite endpointREACT_APP_PROJECT- Your Appwrite project IDREACT_APP_BUCKET_ID- The Appwrite bucket ID you noted in the previous step
Use the following buttons to deploy to your favourite hosting provider in one click! We support Vercel, Netlify and DigitalOcean. You will need to enter the environment variables above when prompted.
Follow these instructions to run the demo app locally
$ git clone https://github.com/metadaddy/demo-images-with-react
$ cd demo-images-with-reactRun the following command to generate your .env vars
$ cp .env.example .envNow fill in the environment variables we discussed above in your .env
Now run the following commands and you should be good to go 💪🏼
$ npm install
$ npm start
Navigate to the app in your browser. If you deployed the app locally, npm start likely opened a browser window for you. If not, navigate to the default URL, http://localhost:3000/. Click Get Started, Sign Up, then enter your name, email, and a password to use with the app.
Click Select Image for Upload, select an image from your local drive, then click Upload. You will see the image under 'Your Private Images'.
In the Appwrite console, go to your bucket and click the Files tab; you will see your file listed there. Click the filename, and you will see that the file has read, update and delete permissions for your user.
Back in the app, click the 🔓 icon to make the image public. The preview will move to the 'Public Images' section.
Back in the Appwrite console, refresh the page in the browser and click the filename again. You will see that the file has gained the read permission for anyone - it is now publicly readable.
In the app, upload a second image, leaving it in the private section, then logout, sign up as a new user, and you will see the first user's public image, but not their private image.
Attend Backblaze Tech Day '22 to learn more about Appwrite Storage, Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage and how this app works.
If you get stuck anywhere, file an issue and I'll take a look 🤝