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**ass** is a self-hosted ShareX upload server written in Node.js. I initially started this project purely out of spite.
## Features
- ✔️ Token authorization via HTTP `Authorization` header
- ✔️ Upload images, videos, gifs, files
- ✔️ Fancy embeds on Discord
- ✔️ Seamless inline video embeds on Discord
- ✔️ Upload log via customizable Discord Webhooks
- ✔️ File deletion
- ✔️ Usage metrics
- ✔️ Thumbnail support
- ✔️ Multiple access types
- **[ZWS](https://zws.im)**
- **Mixed-case alphanumeric**
- **Gfycat**
- **Original**
- ❌ Multiple database types
- **JSON**
- **Mongo** (soon!)
- **MySQL** (soon!)
- **PostgreSQL** (soon!)
- ❌ Multi-user support (upload restrictions, web library, etc.)
- ❌ Block-storage support including Amazon S3
### Access types
| Type | What is it? |
| ---- | ----------- |
| **[ZWS](https://zws.im)** (Zero-width spaces) | The "fancy" mode. When pasted elsewhere, the URL appears to be *just* your domain name.  |
| **Mixed-case alphanumeric** | The "safe" mode. URL's are browser safe as the character set is just letters & numbers. |
| **Gfycat** | Gfycat-style ID's (for example: `https://gfycat.com/unsungdiscretegrub` "unsung discrete grub") |
| **Original** | The "basic" mode. URL matches the same filename as when the file was uploaded. This may be prone to conflicts with files of the same name. |
## Installation
The installation may look daunting but it's really pretty straightforward. Just follow it word-for-word & you'll be fine. If you are not fine, then by all means [open an Issue](https://github.com/tycrek/ass/issues/new) & I'll try my best to help.
1. First of all you must have Node.js 14 or later installed. It might work with Node.js 12 but just use 14.
2. Clone this repo using `git clone https://github.com/tycrek/ass.git && cd ass/`
3. Run `npm i` to install the required dependencies
4. Run `npm run setup` to start the easy configuration
5. Run `npm start` to start the server. The first time you run it you will be shown your first authorization token; save this as you will need it to configure ShareX.
6. **(Optional)** You must also configure an SSL-enabled reverse proxy (only if you want to use HTTPS):
- I personally use Caddy, see [my tutorial](https://jmoore.dev/tutorials/2021/03/caddy-express-reverse-proxy/) on setting that up
- You may also use Apache or Nginx as reverse proxies
### Generating new tokens
If you need to generate a new token at any time, run `npm run new-token`. This will **automatically** load the new token so there is no need to restart ass.
### Cloudflare users
In your Cloudflare DNS dashboard, make sure your domain/subdomain is set to **DNS Only**.
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## Configure ShareX
1. Add a new Custom Uploader in ShareX by going to `Destinations > Custom uploader settings...`
2. Under **Uploaders**, click **New** & name it whatever you like.
3. Set **Destination type** to `Image`, `Text`, & `File`
4. **Request** tab:
- Method: `POST`
- URL: `https://your.domain.name.here/`
- Body: `Form data (multipart/form-data)`
- File from name: `file` (literally put "`file`" in the field)
- Headers:
- Name: `Authorization`
- Value: (the value provided by `npm start` on first run)
5. **Response** tab:
- URL: `$json:.resource$`
- Thumbnail: `$json:.thumbnail$`
- Deletion URL: `$json:.delete$`
- MagicCap users: **do not** include the `.` in the above (i.e. `$json:resource$`)
6. The file `sample_config.sxcu` can also be modified & imported to suit your needs
### Header overrides
If you need to override a specific part of the config to be different from the global config, you may do so via "`X`" HTTP headers:
| Header | Purpose |
| ------ | ------- |
| **`X-Ass-Domain`** | Override the domain returned for the clipboard (useful for multi-domain hosts) |
| **`X-Ass-Access`** | Override the generator used for the resource URI. Must be one of: `original`, `zws`, `gfycat`, or `random` ([see above](#access-types)) |
| **`X-Ass-Gfycat`** | Override the length of Gfycat ID's. Defaults to `2` |
### Fancy embeds
If you primarily share media on Discord, you can add these additional (optional) headers to build embeds:
| Header | Purpose |
| ------ | ------- |
| **`X-Ass-OG-Title`** | Large text shown above your media |
| **`X-Ass-OG-Description`** | Small text shown below the title but above the media (does not show up on videos yet) |
| **`X-Ass-OG-Author`** | Small text shown above the title |
| **`X-Ass-OG-Author-Url`** | URL to open when the Author is clicked |
| **`X-Ass-OG-Provider`** | Smaller text shown above the author |
| **`X-Ass-OG-Provider-Url`** | URL to open when the Provider is clicked |
| **`X-Ass-OG-Color`** | Colour shown on the left side of the embed. Must be one of `&random`, `&vibrant`, or a hex colour value (for example: `#fe3c29`). Random is a randomly generated hex value and Vibrant is sourced from the image itself |
#### Embed placeholders
You can insert certain metadata into your embeds with these placeholders:
| Placeholder | Result |
| ----------- | ------ |
| **`&size`** | The files size with proper notation rounded to two decimals (example: `7.06 KB`) |
| **`&filename`** | The original filename of the uploaded file |
| **`×tamp`** | The timestamp of when the file was uploaded (example: `Oct 14, 1983, 1:30 PM`) |
### Webhooks
You may use Discord webhooks as an easy way to keep track of your uploads. The first step is to [create a new Webhook](https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/228383668-Intro-to-Webhooks). You only need to follow the first section, **Making a Webhook**. Once you are done that, click **Copy Webhook URL**. Next, paste your URL into a text editor. Extract these two values from the URL:
```
https://discord.com/api/webhooks/12345678910/T0kEn0fw3Bh00K
^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^
Webhook ID Webhook Token
```
Once you have these, add the following HTTP headers to your ShareX config:
| Header | Purpose |
| ------ | ------- |
| **`X-Ass-Webhook-Client`** | The **Webhook ID** |
| **`X-Ass-Webhook-Token`** | The **Webhook Token** |
| **`X-Ass-Webhook-Username`** | (Optional) the "username" of the Webhook; can be set to whatever you want |
| **`X-Ass-Webhook-Avatar`** | (Optional) URL to an image to use as the Webhook avatar. Use the **full** URL including `https://` |
Webhooks will show the filename, mimetype, size, upload timestamp, thumbail, and a link to delete the file. To disable webhooks, simply remove the headers from your config.
## Flameshot users (Linux)
Use [this script](https://github.com/tycrek/ass/blob/master/flameshot_example.sh) kindly provided by [@ToxicAven](https://github.com/ToxicAven). For the `KEY`, put your token.
## Contributing
No strict contributing rules at this time. I appreciate any Issues or Pull Requests.
## Credits
- Special thanks to [hlsl#1359](http://be.net/zevwolf) for the awesome logo!
