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Filepicker.io JS V1 - Full filesystem API in Javascript

138 points by liyanchang 14y ago

uams 14y ago
whoa. you can read and write on their urls? pretty slick as it actually looks like a js file system. It's super interesting; javascript is okay, but any shortcomings seem to be solved by other people. Inconsistencies and ease of use- Jquery Filesystem- Filepicker Code organization - Backbone etc.
kennystone 14y ago
Being able to write files to a filepicker url - which ends up in a users cloud account - is very powerful stuff. We're using it to automatically sync zip files that take a long time for us to process. Having a very easy to use layer of abstraction for all these cloud APIs is brilliant.
thethimble 14y ago
Nice work FP.io team!
- liyanchang 14y ago
  Thanks. The support of the community is really encouraging and keeps us going. Always be shipping. :D
lux 14y ago
More great stuff you guys!
Hello71 14y ago
Where's creat?
- brettcvz 14y ago
  Being able to create arbitrary files without asking the user gets into some nasty security issues, so we went with "export" instead. Once the user selects where they want to save the file to, you can then perform .read's and .write's on it
sophiabatka464 14y ago
The expendables 2 2012 is a nice Action and Adventure movie in the year.The Expendables are reunited when Mr. Church enlists them to take on a seemingly simple job. When things go wrong, the Expendables are compelled to seek revenge in hostile territory. http://freemoviesite24.com/2012/10/the-expendables-2-2012-720p-dvdrip-free-download/ http://freemoviesite24.com/2012/10/the-expendables-2-2012-72...
watty 14y ago
Is there any way to block YC posts?
firefoxman1 14y ago
This has probably been discussed before, but why the huge gap in price between free and "Pro"? Why not make "Free" a max of 500 uploads/month and a "Starter" tier that costs $10.00/month for 5,000 uploads?
- karamazov 14y ago
  My guess is it's more valuable to have the people with 500 < x < 5,000 uploads/month comfortably try it out for free, and possibly upgrade, than debate whether or not it makes sense to spend $10.
  - liyanchang 14y ago
    Accurate. Also, the free plan is very generous at the moment as we want to reward our earliest users. A small tier might make a lot of sense later on.
easymovet 14y ago
would this work in node.js?
- liyanchang 14y ago
  No reason why not. Give it a spin and let us know how it goes. Also happy to help if you run into issues.
nkurz 14y ago
I'm reading through the docs, but not quite understanding the architecture. Is Amazon S3 specially privileged over the other cloud services, or is it just being used as an example? Do all file requests mediated by the Filepicker.io servers, or can one go straight from browser to 3rd party storage?
- liyanchang 14y ago
  Hi there. Currently S3 is the only support backend storage. More are on the way. We take requests from customers seriously and so far we've heard rackspace, google, and dropbox. Feel free to send me an email at liyan@filepicker.io with your preference. All files are mediated by fp.io. This lets us do interesting thing like implementing tcp/ip on tcp/ip. That is, we chunk up large files into manageable bits, retry, and reassemble on our servers.
matthew-wegner 14y ago
Any guidance on upgrading to the V1 API? I'd love to use the file extension limits instead of the MIME types (which can't target some files like *.ipa)...
- liyanchang 14y ago
  Should be pretty straightforward. If it's not, shoot me an email and tell me where I messed up ;D getFile is now replaced by the more explicit calls: pick and store. If you're using the widget, data-fp-extension is now available.
silverlight 14y ago
Saw that you guys changed your pricing to per file (specifically, it says per FPURL created). Does that mean if I have a user upload a file, and then convert that file by cropping/resizing it, each time I convert it that also counts as a "file" toward my monthly quota? Or are conversions of uploaded files "free"?
- ananddass 14y ago
  we don't charge on conversions of uploaded files. Let me know if you have more questions at adass at filepicker.io and I'd be happy to help. EDIT Ah. I misunderstood. While we don't charge on conversions, we do create a new filelink for each conversion which is counted under your quota. If you're on the free plan and think this will hurt you ability to test us out, let me know. If you're on the pro plan and it's hindering your ability to use us, also let us know. We'll work something out.
deskamess 14y ago
From the documentation it appears that you can write to any file if you have filepicker.picked it. Is this true even if the file was outside the browser file system sandbox? For example I select /home/me/myfile.txt ? Assume the file has write permissions for anyone. Can you write directly to myfile.txt? Or is a push to S3 + download involved.
- liyanchang 14y ago
  There are some files where it is not possible to write back. Local files is a good example of this. We throw a 409 HTTP error for files like that. You can of course write to the s3 copy.
jameswyse 14y ago
I really wanted to use your service in the past but I couldn't justify paying so much just for image conversion.. I see it now comes as standard! Thank you!

138 points by liyanchang 14y ago

uams 14y ago

whoa. you can read and write on their urls? pretty slick as it actually looks like a js file system. It's super interesting; javascript is okay, but any shortcomings seem to be solved by other people. Inconsistencies and ease of use- Jquery Filesystem- Filepicker Code organization - Backbone etc.

kennystone 14y ago

Being able to write files to a filepicker url - which ends up in a users cloud account - is very powerful stuff. We're using it to automatically sync zip files that take a long time for us to process. Having a very easy to use layer of abstraction for all these cloud APIs is brilliant.

thethimble 14y ago

Nice work FP.io team!

liyanchang 14y ago
Thanks. The support of the community is really encouraging and keeps us going. Always be shipping. :D

lux 14y ago

More great stuff you guys!

Hello71 14y ago

Where's creat?

brettcvz 14y ago
Being able to create arbitrary files without asking the user gets into some nasty security issues, so we went with "export" instead. Once the user selects where they want to save the file to, you can then perform .read's and .write's on it

sophiabatka464 14y ago

The expendables 2 2012 is a nice Action and Adventure movie in the year.The Expendables are reunited when Mr. Church enlists them to take on a seemingly simple job. When things go wrong, the Expendables are compelled to seek revenge in hostile territory. http://freemoviesite24.com/2012/10/the-expendables-2-2012-720p-dvdrip-free-download/ http://freemoviesite24.com/2012/10/the-expendables-2-2012-72...

watty 14y ago

Is there any way to block YC posts?

firefoxman1 14y ago

This has probably been discussed before, but why the huge gap in price between free and "Pro"? Why not make "Free" a max of 500 uploads/month and a "Starter" tier that costs $10.00/month for 5,000 uploads?

karamazov 14y ago
My guess is it's more valuable to have the people with 500 < x < 5,000 uploads/month comfortably try it out for free, and possibly upgrade, than debate whether or not it makes sense to spend $10.
- liyanchang 14y ago
  Accurate. Also, the free plan is very generous at the moment as we want to reward our earliest users. A small tier might make a lot of sense later on.

easymovet 14y ago

would this work in node.js?

liyanchang 14y ago
No reason why not. Give it a spin and let us know how it goes. Also happy to help if you run into issues.

nkurz 14y ago

I'm reading through the docs, but not quite understanding the architecture. Is Amazon S3 specially privileged over the other cloud services, or is it just being used as an example? Do all file requests mediated by the Filepicker.io servers, or can one go straight from browser to 3rd party storage?

liyanchang 14y ago
Hi there. Currently S3 is the only support backend storage. More are on the way. We take requests from customers seriously and so far we've heard rackspace, google, and dropbox. Feel free to send me an email at liyan@filepicker.io with your preference. All files are mediated by fp.io. This lets us do interesting thing like implementing tcp/ip on tcp/ip. That is, we chunk up large files into manageable bits, retry, and reassemble on our servers.

matthew-wegner 14y ago

Any guidance on upgrading to the V1 API? I'd love to use the file extension limits instead of the MIME types (which can't target some files like *.ipa)...

liyanchang 14y ago
Should be pretty straightforward. If it's not, shoot me an email and tell me where I messed up ;D getFile is now replaced by the more explicit calls: pick and store. If you're using the widget, data-fp-extension is now available.

silverlight 14y ago

Saw that you guys changed your pricing to per file (specifically, it says per FPURL created). Does that mean if I have a user upload a file, and then convert that file by cropping/resizing it, each time I convert it that also counts as a "file" toward my monthly quota? Or are conversions of uploaded files "free"?

ananddass 14y ago
we don't charge on conversions of uploaded files. Let me know if you have more questions at adass at filepicker.io and I'd be happy to help. EDIT Ah. I misunderstood. While we don't charge on conversions, we do create a new filelink for each conversion which is counted under your quota. If you're on the free plan and think this will hurt you ability to test us out, let me know. If you're on the pro plan and it's hindering your ability to use us, also let us know. We'll work something out.

deskamess 14y ago

From the documentation it appears that you can write to any file if you have filepicker.picked it. Is this true even if the file was outside the browser file system sandbox? For example I select /home/me/myfile.txt ? Assume the file has write permissions for anyone. Can you write directly to myfile.txt? Or is a push to S3 + download involved.

liyanchang 14y ago
There are some files where it is not possible to write back. Local files is a good example of this. We throw a 409 HTTP error for files like that. You can of course write to the s3 copy.

jameswyse 14y ago

I really wanted to use your service in the past but I couldn't justify paying so much just for image conversion.. I see it now comes as standard! Thank you!