File-Transfer-API

This is a three-part project that seeks to build out a file management system (akin to Dropbox or Google Drive) that will eventually be hosted on AWS.

The three parts are:

1. File-Transfer-API: This is the backend API that allows one to upload and download files from a server either locally or on AWS. The API is built using FastAPI and SQLAlchemy. The API is also tested using Pytest.
2. Cloudformation_Architecture: This is the AWS infrastructure that will be used to host the API. It is built using AWS Cloudformation.
3. Frontend: This is the frontend that will be used to interact with the API. It is built using React.

Project Roadmap

Note that while the below roadmap is listed in phases,there is a lot of overlap and development will be done in parallel.

Phase 1: Build the File-Transfer-API and test it locally.

• Build the API
• Test the API locally
• Write tests for the API
• Document the API
• Ongoing enhancements to the API

Phase 2: Build the Cloudformation_Architecture and test it on AWS.

• Build the AWS infrastructure in Cloudformation
• Expand the API to work with AWS
• Test the infrastructure on AWS
• Document the infrastructure
• Dockerize the API

Phase 3: Build the Frontend and test it locally.

• Build the frontend
• Test the frontend locally
• Document the frontend

Phase 4: Integrate the API with the Frontend and test it on AWS.

• Integrate the API with the frontend
• Test the API and frontend on AWS
• Document the integration

Phase 5: Finalize the project

Current Status

Phase 1 is largely complete. There will be ongoing enhancements to the API as the project progresses as well improvements made to project dependencies. You can view the full code for this section in the file_transfer_api directory