Spee.ch

Spee.ch is a web app that reads and publishes images and videos to and from the LBRY blockchain. You are encouraged to contribute to the shared code base, or fork it and make it your own.

You can create your own custom version of spee.ch by installing this code base and then creating your own custom components and styles to override the defaults. (More details / guide on how to do that coming soon.)

Quick start

Prepare your environment

Install Node

• link

Start MySQL

• install mysql
• create a database
• save the database, username, and password someplace handy

Start LBRY

• install the lbry daemon
• start the lbry daemon
• retrieve an address from the daemon and send your wallet a couple credits (or join us in the #speech discord channel and we will send you a few)

Install ffmpeg

• link

Clone this repo

$ git clone https://github.com/lbryio/spee.ch.git

Build and Start the App

Change directory into your project

$ cd spee.ch

Install node dependencies

$ npm install

Create the config files using the built in CLI

$ npm run configure

note: add your ip address in config/siteConfig.json after completion

Build the app (transpile source with babel and bundle with webpack)

$ npm run build

start the app

$ npm run start

View in browser

visit localhost:3000 in your browser

(optional) add custom components and update the styles

• create custom components by creating React components in src/views/ (further instructions coming soon)
• update the css by changing the files in public/assets/css/ (further instructions and refactor coming soon)

(optional) Syncing the full blockchain

Start the spee.ch-sync tool available at billbitt/spee.ch-sync

This is not necessary, but highly reccomended. It will decode the blocks of the LBRY blockchain and add the claims information to your database's tables

API

• (post) /api/claim/publish
  • example: curl -F 'name=MyPictureName' -F 'file=@/path/to/myPicture.jpeg' https://spee.ch/api/claim/publish
  • Parameters:
    • name (required)
    • file (required) (must be type .mp4, .jpeg, .jpg, .gif, or .png)
    • nsfw (optional)
    • license (optional)
    • title (optional)
    • description (optional)
    • thumbnail url to thumbnail image, for .mp4 uploads only (optional)
    • channelName channel to publish too (optional)
    • channelPassword password for channel to publish too (optional, but required if channelName is provided)
• (get) /api/claim/resolve/:name/:claimId
  • example: curl https://spee.ch/api/claim/resolve/doitlive/xyz
• (get) /api/claim/list/:name
  • example: curl https://spee.ch/api/claim/list/doitlive
• (get) /api/claim/availability/:name
  • returns the name if it is available
  • example: curl https://spee.ch/api/claim/availability/doitlive
• (get) /api/channel/availability/:name
  • returns the name if it is available
  • example: curl https://spee.ch/api/channel/availability/@CoolChannel

Contribute

Stack

The spee.ch stack is MySQL, Express.js, Node.js, and React.js. Spee.ch also runs lbrynet on its server, and it uses the lbrynet api to make requests -- such as publish, create_channel, and get -- on the LBRY network.

Spee.ch also runs a sync tool, which decodes blocks from the LBRY blockchain as they are mined, and stores the information in mysql. It stores all claims in the Claims table, and all channel claims in the Certificates table.

• server
  • mysql
  • express
  • node
  • lbry
  • ffmpeg
• client
  • react

Architecture

• the server/ folder contains all of the server code
  • index.js is the entry point for the server. It creates the express app, requires the routes, syncs the database, and starts the server listening on the PORT designated in the config file.
  • the server/routes folder contains all of the routes for the express app
  • the server/models folder contains all of the models which the app uses to interact with the mysql database. Note: this app uses the sequelize ORM.
• the client/ folder contains all of the client code

Issue tags in this repo

level 1

Issues that anyone with basic web development can handle; little-to-no experience with the spee.ch codebase is required.

level 2

Familiarity with web apps is required, but little-to-no familiarity with the lbry daemon is necessary

level 3

Familiarity with the spee.ch code base and how the lbry daemon functions is required

level 4

Issues with lbry (e.g. the spee.ch wallet, lbrynet configuration, etc.) that require strong familiarity with the lbry daemon and/or network to fix. Generally these issues are best suited for the lbry protocol team but are reported in this repo because of they are part of the spee.ch implementation

Tests

• This package uses mocha with chai for testing.
• Before running tests, create a testingConfig.js file in devConfig/ by copying testingConfig.example.js
• To run tests:
  • To run all tests, including those that require LBC (like publishing), simply run npm test
  • To run only tests that do not require LBC, run npm run test:no-lbc

URL formats

Below is a list of all possible urls for the content on spee.ch

• controlling, free LBRY claim
  • spee.ch/claim (show)
  • spee.ch/claim.ext (serve)
• specific LBRY claim
  • spee.ch/claim_id/claim
  • spee.ch/claim_id/claim.ext
• all free contents for the controlling LBRY channel
  • spee.ch/@channel
• a specific LBRY channel
  • spee.ch/@channel:channel_id
• a specific claim within the controlling LBRY channel
  • spee.ch/@channel/claim (show)
  • spee.ch/@channel/claim.ext (serve)
• a specific claim within a specific LBRY channel
  • spee.ch/@channel:channel_id/claim
  • spee.ch/@channel:channel_id/claim.ext

Bugs

If you find a bug or experience a problem, please report your issue here on github and find us in the lbry discord!