dapper

dapper

Tool for adding and hosting videos on GatsbyTV.

Dapper uses IPFS to place content onto the network. It supports using an existing IPFS node to pin content, but also has the ability to run the IPFS node internally.

Docker

Docker images are available for dapper at gatsbytv/dapper. Check the docker registry for available tags.

Usage

In order to use dapper, first set the desired values in the configuration file. An example configuration file can be found here. After it has been configured, place the configuration file in the same folder as the dapper executable, and run it with dapper. Dapper will then start listening for requests.

Command Line Options

• -p - Port for dapper to listen for requests on.

Building

To build dapper, simply clone this repository and run go build inside it. For example:

git clone https://github.com/gatsby-tv/dapper.git
cd dapper
go build

This will result in a dapper executable to be created in that folder (on Windows it will be dapper.exe).

API

The dapper daemon listens for REST API requests on port 10000. This is used internally for uploading new videos, but can be communicated with directly.

Routes

POST

/video - Add a video to Gatsby. No URL params.

Body:

{
    "Title": "video title",
    "Description": "video description",
    "VideoFile": "path to video file on dapper's filesystem",
    "ThumbnailFile": "path to thumbnail file on dapper's filesystem",
}