Dropbox

Time spent: <15 hours>

Features

Required

• [done] Client can make GET requests to get file or directory contents
• [done] Client can make HEAD request to get just the GET headers
• [done] Client can make POST requests to create new directories and files with content
• [done] Client can make PUT requests to update the contents of a file
• [done] Client can make DELETE requests to delete files and folders
• [done] Server will serve from --dir or cwd as root
• [done] Client will sync from server over TCP to cwd or CLI dir argument

Optional

• Client and User will be redirected from HTTP to HTTPS
• Server will sync from client over TCP
• Client will preserve a 'Conflict' file when pushed changes preceeding local edits
• Client can stream and scrub video files (e.g., on iOS)
• Client can download a directory as an archive
• Client can create a directory with an archive
• User can connect to the server using an FTP client

Walkthrough (Note: I use POST to create, PUT to update as opposed in the assignment video walkthrogh)