Mini-Drive

A lightweight cloud storage app built with Node.js, Express, and Prisma

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📖 Overview

Mini-Drive is a simple yet powerful cloud storage solution that allows users to:

• Store files securely
• Organize files into folders
• Generate sharable links for collaboration

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🚀 Live Demo

Try it here

✨ Features

• ✅ Signup & Login Authentication (with Passport.js)
• ✅ Upload Files
• ✅ Store Files in Database with Prisma
• ✅ Create Folders
• ✅ Organize Files into Folders

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🛠 Tech Stack

• Frontend: HTML, Tailwind CSS, EJS
• Backend: Node.js, Express
• Database ORM: Prisma
• Authentication: Passport.js
• Database: PostgreSQL
• Session Store: Prisma Session Store

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📂 Project Structure

FILE-UPLOADER/
│── prisma/
│   ├── migrations/
│   ├── dev.db
│   └── schema.prisma
│
│── src/
│   ├── config/
│   │   ├── db.js
│   │   └── passport.js
│   ├── controller/
│   │   ├── authController.js
│   │   └── indexController.js
│   ├── middleware/
│   │   └── auth.js
│   ├── public/
│   │   └── helper/share.js
│   ├── routes/
│   │   ├── auth.js
│   │   ├── dashboard.js
│   │   ├── folders.js
│   │   └── index.js
│   └── views/
│       ├── dashboard.ejs
│       ├── file-details.ejs
│       ├── files.ejs
│       ├── folder.ejs
│       ├── index.ejs
│       ├── login.ejs
│       ├── register.ejs
│       ├── share.ejs
│       └── upload.ejs
│
│── .env
│── .gitignore
│── package.json
│── server.js
│── README.md

⚙️ Setup & Installation

1. Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/your-username/minidrive.git
cd minidrive

2. Install Dependencies

npm install

3. Environment Variables

Create a .env file in the root directory:

DATABASE_URL="postgresql://username:password@localhost:5432/minidrive"
SESSION_SECRET="your-secret-key"
PORT=3000

4. Database Setup

Run Prisma migrations to set up the database schema:

npx prisma migrate dev

5. Start the Server

npm run dev
## 🚀 Usage

• Signup: Requires Name, Email, and Password.
• Login: Requires Email and Password.
• Upload:
  1. Click the upload button.
  2. Choose a file.
  3. Select a folder (or root).
  4. Press upload.
• View Files: Go to /files.
• Organize: Move files into folders.

📌 Routes

app.use("/", require("./src/routes/index"));
app.use("/", require("./src/routes/auth"));
app.use("/dashboard", ensureAuth, require("./src/routes/dashboard"));
app.use("/", require("./src/routes/folders"));

router.get("/login", ensureGuest, getLogin);
router.post(
  "/login",
  ensureAuth,
  passport.authenticate("local", {
    successRedirect: "/dashboard",
    failureRedirect: "/login",
  })
);
router.get("/register", getRegister);
router.post("/register", postRegister);
router.get("/logout", logout);

router.get("/upload", async(req, res));
router.post("/upload", async(req, res));
router.get("/", ensureAuth, async(req, res));

router.post("/folders/create", indexController.createFolder);
router.get("/upload", (req, res));
router.get("/folders", indexController.getFolders);

router.get("/", getIndex);
router.get("/upload", getUploadPage);
router.post("/upload", uploadMiddleware, uploadFile);
router.get("/files", getFiles);
router.get("/file/:id", ensureAuth, getFileDetails);

🔮 Future Improvements

📂 Increase file size limits 🗑️ Delete files 🗑️ Preview for files when file detail is checked 🔗 The share link does not get the fiel at the moment 🔗 Share files & collaborate 📝 Allow editing, commenting, and activity tracking 📝 Provide a Tree Structure so that folders can be created within folders

License

MIT © 2025 Adit Syed Afnan