I am starting to use GridFS within a Meteor app. I have set up the file collection "assetFiles" with a GridFS storage adapter like this :
AssetCollection = new Mongo.Collection( "assets" );
AssetFileStore = new FS.Store.GridFS( "assetFiles" );
AssetFilesCollection = new FS.Collection( "assetFiles", {
stores: [AssetFileStore]
});
AssetFilesCollection.allow({
insert: function(){
return true;
},
update: function(){
return true;
},
remove: function(){
return true;
},
download: function(){
return true;
}
});
I have inserted some files in it and using meteor mongo client checked they actually exist in db.
Now I would like to extract a file from this db to my file system using mongofiles utility.
using the meteor mongodb database, here is the list of collections :
meteor:PRIMARY> show collections
assets
cfs._tempstore.chunks
cfs.assetFiles.filerecord
cfs_gridfs._tempstore.chunks
cfs_gridfs._tempstore.files
cfs_gridfs.assetFiles.chunks
cfs_gridfs.assetFiles.files
meteor_accounts_loginServiceConfiguration
system.indexes
users
And I don't understand how with the mongofiles utility I could target my assetFiles GridFS file collection to get a particular file or even a list of files.
Here is my attempt:
./mongofiles -h 127.0.0.1:3001 -d meteor list
2015-05-11T17:34:40.701+0200 connected to: 127.0.0.1:3001
It just returns nothing while successfully connecting to db.
My db is on my own FS. I wanted to specify a collection name, but this parameter does not exists anymore apparently.
Thank you for your help!
you need to change the prefix to attach to the right collection.
$ mongofiles --help
....
--prefix= GridFS prefix to use (default is 'fs')`
eg.
mongofiles --port 3001 -d meteor --prefix 'cfs_gridfs.assetFiles' list
hope this helps!
accept please thanks!
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I'm working with the newest version of Edge (Canary release 86.0.615.0) and I can get the new Native File System API showOpenFilePicker to let me access files but I can't find a reference to the directoryHandle functions including the removeEntry function if the user elects to remove the file. Am I missing a special flag? I have an Origin-Tracker code and I also have the experimental flag set for the Native File System API.
If you have a directory handle, you can delete files or folders as in the example below:
// Delete a file.
await directoryHandle.removeEntry('Abandoned Projects.txt');
// Recursively delete a folder.
await directoryHandle.removeEntry('Old Stuff', { recursive: true });
You can obtain a directory handle from the picker:
const directoryHandle = await window.showDirectoryPicker();
To iterate over the entries of a directory, you can use the code snippet below:
for await (const entry of directoryHandle.values()) {
console.log(entry.kind, entry.name);
}
I am writing a node.js skill using ask-sdk and using alexa-skill-local to test the endpoint. I need to persist data to DynamoDb in one of the handler. But I keep getting "missing region error". Please find my code below:
'use strict';
// use 'ask-sdk' if standard SDK module is installed
const Alexa = require('ask-sdk');
const { launchRequestHandler, HelpIntentHandler, CancelAndStopIntentHandler, SessionEndedRequestHandler } = require('./commonHandlers');
const ErrorHandler = {
canHandle() {
return true;
},
handle(handlerInput, error) {
return handlerInput.responseBuilder
.speak('Sorry, I can\'t understand the command. Please say again.')
.reprompt('Sorry, I can\'t understand the command. Please say again.')
.getResponse();
},
};
////////////////////////////////
// Code for the handlers here //
////////////////////////////////
exports.handler = Alexa.SkillBuilders
.standard()
.addRequestHandlers(
launchRequestHandler,
HelpIntentHandler,
CancelAndStopIntentHandler,
SessionEndedRequestHandler,
ErrorHandler
)
.withTableName('devtable')
.withDynamoDbClient()
.lambda();
And in one of the handler I am trying to get persisted attributes like below:
handlerInput.attributesManager.getPersistentAttributes().then((data) => {
console.log('--- the attributes are ----', data)
})
But I keep getting the following error:
(node:12528) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: AskSdk.DynamoDbPersistenceAdapter Error: Could not read item (amzn1.ask.account.AHJECJ7DTOPSTT25R36BZKKET4TKTCGZ7HJWEJEBWTX6YYTLG5SJVLZH5QH257NFKHXLIG7KREDKWO4D4N36IT6GUHT3PNJ4QPOUE4FHT2OYNXHO6Z77FUGHH3EVAH3I2KG6OAFLV2HSO3VMDQTKNX4OVWBWUGJ7NP3F6JHRLWKF2F6BTWND7GSF7OVQM25YBH5H723VO123ABC) from table (EucerinSkinCareDev): Missing region in config
at Object.createAskSdkError (E:\projects\nodejs-alexa-sdk-v2-eucerin-skincare-dev\node_modules\ask-sdk-dynamodb-persistence-adapter\dist\utils\AskSdkUtils.js:22:17)
at DynamoDbPersistenceAdapter.<anonymous> (E:\projects\nodejs-alexa-sdk-v2-eucerin-skincare-dev\node_modules\ask-sdk-dynamodb-persistence-adapter\dist\attributes\persistence\DynamoDbPersistenceAdapter.js:121:45)
Can we read and write attributes from DynamoDb using alexa-skill-local ? Do we need some different setup to achieve this ?
Thanks
I know that this is a really old topic, but I had the same problem few days ago, and I'm gonna explain how I did it work.
You have to download DynamoDB Locally and follow the instructions from here
Once that you have configure your local DynamoDB and check that it is working. You have to pass it through your code, to DynamoDbPersistenceAdapter constructor.
Your code should look similar to:
var awsSdk = require('aws-sdk');
var myDynamoDB = new awsSdk.DynamoDB({
endpoint: 'http://localhost:8000', // If you change the default url, change it here
accessKeyId: <your-access-key-id>,
secretAccessKey: <your-secret-access-key>,
region: <your-region>,
apiVersion: 'latest'
});
const {DynamoDbPersistenceAdapter} = require('ask-sdk-dynamodb-persistence-adapter');
return new DynamoDbPersistenceAdapter({
tableName: tableName || 'my-table-name',
createTable: true,
dynamoDBClient: myDynamoDB
});
Where <your-acces-key-id>, <your-secrete-access-key> and <your-region> are defined at aws config and credentials files.
The next step is launch your server with alexa-skill-local command as always.
Hope this will be helpfull! =)
Presumably you have an AWS config profile that your skill is using when running locally.
You need to edit the .config file and set the default region (ie us-east-1) there. The region should match the region where your table exists.
Alternatively, if you want to be able to run completely isolated, you may need to write come conditional logic and swap the dynamo client with one targeting an instance of DynamoDB Local running on your machine.
I think I'm missing something. I have read a lot of posts/examples and I can't save images on my system (I work locally).
What is my goal ?
I'm trying to save a file submitted by the user in a folder (server-side). Does it sound easy ? Maybe.
What's the issue ?
Short answer : I can't figure out how to save the file in my folder.
Do you want more information ?
The story of a file upload
I have read that to use the path parameter like new FS.Store.FileSystem("thumb", { path: "/public/images/user/avatar" }) , I have to declare my collection server-side. But when I call Avatars.insert() (Avatars is the name of my collection), it seems like it doesn't exists. This makes sense because this collection exists only on the server.
So I've tried to declare the collection both server-side and client-side (I've read some examples about that) and that works ! The file is correctly added to MongoDB, but my folder is still empty (I'm not sure but I think this is because Avatars.insert() is called client-side so the collection used is the client-side one, the one which cannot take path parameter).
But no problem ! I've created 2 Meteor methods (one client-side and one server-side) called "updateAvatarFile". With this "trick", I'm able to do Meteor.call("updateAvatarFile", field.files[0]), which calls both server-side and client-side methods. So I can do some UI stuff in the client-side one and upload the file in the other. But I can't pass the file as a parameter.
field.files[0] contains the file client-side but server-side it's an empty object. My question is : How can I upload a file ?
I can't do it client-side (because I can't use path parameter) but I can pass the file to the server. I'm sure that I'm missing something but I can't figure what.
Here is how I go :
// /client/views/templates/settings.js
Template.settings.events({
'submit #updateAvatar': function (e, template) {
e.preventDefault();
const field = document.getElementsByName('avatar')[0];
Meteor.call('updateAvatarFile', field.files[0]);
}
});
// /client/lib/clientMethods.js
Meteor.methods({
'updateAvatarFile': function (file) {
// blabla
}
});
// /server/lib/serverMethods.js
Meteor.methods({
'updateAvatarFile': function (file) {
Avatars.insert(file, function (err, fileObj) {
if (err) {
console.log(err);
} else {
console.log(fileObj);
}
});
}
});
// /server/collections/serverAvatarCollection.js
Avatars = new FS.Collection("avatars", {
stores: [
new FS.Store.FileSystem("original", { path: "/public/images/user/avatar" }),
new FS.Store.FileSystem("thumb", { path: "/public/images/user/avatar" })
],
filter: {
maxSize: 1000000, //1Mo
allow: { contentTypes: ['image/*'] }
},
onInvalid: function (message) {
//throw new Meteor.Error(403, message);
}
});
// /client/collections/clientAvatarCollection.js
// (this one is actually in a comment block)
Avatars = new FS.Collection("avatars", {
stores: [
new FS.Store.FileSystem("original"),
new FS.Store.FileSystem("thumb")
],
filter: {
maxSize: 1000000, //1Mo
allow: { contentTypes: ['image/*'] }
},
onInvalid: function (message) {
alert(message);
}
});
I've also tried to insert the file with the client-side method but I've got the same result (the file is added to MongoDB but not saved into a folder).
Using different path values didn't work either.
EDIT : Or maybe I'm trying to use the wrong package ? To my mind, transform a picture to chunks and save them into MongoDB sounds really weird and bad. Do you have any adivces ?
EDIT 2 :
answer to Michel Floyd (sorry about that, the character limit is annoying).
First, thanks for your answer !
1. At the moment, I'm just trying Meteor so I have both autopublish and insecure installed. Not publishing/subscribing to my collection cannot cause an issue, is that right ?
2. Before your answer I've tried to set up a collection available for both server and client by putting my avatarCollection.js in /collections. I was thinking that path which doesn't contains server or client are automatically available for the two sides. So what is the difference between /collections and /lib ? (I know that all files in a "lib" folder are loaded first). Is it a bad practice to put collections in /collections ? Maybe should I create a /lib/collections folder ?
3. (the last point, sorry for the long comment) I've tried what you advised above but it doesn't seems to work (or I am doing something wrong, again ><). When I use Avatars.insert(), CollectionFS don't save the file on my local storage. I've also checked the root of my HDD in case CollectionFS interpreted / to be the root of my machine but it doesn't. In the other hand, CollectionFS have created 4 collections in MongoDB (cfs._tempstore.chunks, cfs.avatars.filerecord, cfs_gridfs._tempstore.chunks and cfs_gridfs._tempstore.files) - the gridfs is weird. I have GridFS installed but I use FileSystem -. Those tables are not empty. That's why I think CollectionFS split my file into chunks and save them in MongoDB.
You're generally on the right track. CollectionFS uses storage adapters to deal with actual file storage. You can put files on S3, gridFS, or your local file system as you're trying to do. Putting the file contents in Mongo directly is usually avoided.
Firstly, define your collection:
Avatars = new FS.Collection("avatars", {
stores: [
new FS.Store.FileSystem("original", { path: "/public/images/user/avatar" }),
new FS.Store.FileSystem("thumb", { path: "/public/images/user/avatar" })
],
filter: {
maxSize: 1000000, //1Mo
allow: { contentTypes: ['image/*'] }
},
onInvalid: function (message) {
//throw new Meteor.Error(403, message);
}
});
in /lib! This will make it available to both the server and the client.
Secondly, make sure you publish your avatars collection from the server and subscribe to it from the client. I don't see any publish/subscribe code in your question. You need it.
Thirdly, if you just do:
Avatars.insert(...);
on the client with a file then CollectionFS then CollectionFS will take care of storing it for you. The thing is, it won't be instantly available. It can take a little while for the actual upload and storage to happen. You can look at fileObj.isUploaded for example to see if the file is ready.
if (Meteor.isServer) {
Meteor.startup(function() {
return Meteor.Mandrill.config({
username: USERNAME_MAIL,
key: KEY_MAIL
});
});
}
And I would like to set the USERNAME_MAIL and KEY_MAIL variable before running the server or to a deploy meteor app. How can this be done ?
Thanks !
you can either do it directly in front of the meteor command
USERNAME_MAIL="xxx" meteor
or export them just like any other ENV var and then fire up meteor
export USERNAME_MAIL="xxx"
export KEY_MAIL="yyy"
meteor // start meteor
see also this meteorpedia article.
How can I list all files inside a folder with Meteor.I have FS collection and cfs:filesystem installed on my app. I didn't find it in the doc.
Another way of doing this is by adding the shelljs npm module.
To add npm modules see: https://github.com/meteorhacks/npm
Then you just need to do something like:
var shell = Meteor.npmRequire('shelljs');
var list = shell.ls('/yourfolder');
Shelljs docs:
https://github.com/arturadib/shelljs
The short answer is that FS.Collection creates a Mongo collection that you can treat like any other, i.e., you can list entries using find().
The long answer...
Using cfs:filesystem, you can create a mongo database that mirrors a given folder on the server, like so:
// in lib/files.js
files = new FS.Collection("my_files", {
stores: [new FS.Store.FileSystem("my_files", {"~/test"})] // creates a ~/test folder at the home directory of your server and will put files there on insert
});
You can then access this collection on the client to upload files to the server to the ~test/ directory:
files.insert(new File(['Test file contents'], 'my_test_file'));
And then you can list the files on the server like so:
files.find(); // returns [ { createdByTransform: true,
_id: 't6NoXZZdx6hmJDEQh',
original:
{ name: 'my_test_file',
updatedAt: (Date)
size: (N),
type: '' },
uploadedAt: (Date),
copies: { my_files: [Object] },
collectionName: 'my_files'
}
The copies object appears to contain the actual names of the files created, e.g.,
files.findOne().copies
{
"my_files" : {
"name" : "testy1",
"type" : "",
"size" : 6,
"key" : "my_files-t6NoXZZdx6hmJDEQh-my_test_file", // This is the name of the file on the server at ~/test/
"updatedAt" : ISODate("2015-03-29T16:53:33Z"),
"createdAt" : ISODate("2015-03-29T16:53:33Z")
}
}
The problem with this approach is that it only tracks the changes made through the Collection; if you add something manually to the ~/test directory, it won't get mirrored into the Collection. For instance, if on the server I run something like...
mkfile 1k ~/test/my_files-aaaaaaaaaa-manually-created
Then I look for it in the collection, it won't be there:
files.findOne({"original.name": {$regex: ".*manually.*"}}) // returns undefined
If you just want a straightforward list of files on the server, you might consider just running an ls. From https://gentlenode.com/journal/meteor-14-execute-a-unix-command/33 you can execute any arbitrary UNIX command using Node's child_process.exec(). You can access the app root directory with process.env.PWD (from this question). So in the end if you wanted to list all the files in your public directory, for instance, you might do something like this:
exec = Npm.require('child_process').exec;
console.log("This is the root dir:");
console.log(process.env.PWD); // running from localhost returns: /Users/me/meteor_apps/test
child = exec('ls -la ' + process.env.PWD + '/public', function(error, stdout, stderr) {
// Fill in this callback with whatever you actually want to do with the information
console.log('stdout: ' + stdout);
console.log('stderr: ' + stderr);
if(error !== null) {
console.log('exec error: ' + error);
}
});
This will have to run on the server, so if you want the information on the client, you'll have to put it in a method. This is also pretty insecure, depending on how you structure it, so you'd want to think about how to stop people from listing all the files and folders on your server, or worse -- running arbitrary execs.
Which method you choose probably depends on what you're really trying to accomplish.