Spee.ch

spee.ch is a node-based web server that uses a lbrynet daemon to interact with the lbry network.

##Installation

• start spee.ch
  • clone this repo
  • run npm install
  • create your speechConfig.js file
    • copy speechConfig.js.example and name it speechConfig.js
    • replace the null values in the config file with the appropriate values for your environment
  • build the app by running npm run build-prod
  • to start the server, run npm run start
• visit localhost:3000
• start spee.ch-sync (optional, recommended)
  • Note: this tool will decode blocks from the lbry blockchain and update the Claim and Certificate tables in mysql with all the claims from the blockchain. This is not necessary if you only want to host and resolve content published through your version of spee.ch, but it is required if you want to retrieve and host other content from the lbry network.
  • install and run this speech-sync tool

Tests

• Spee.ch uses mocha with chai for testing.
• To run all tests that do not require LBC, run npm test -- --grep @usesLbc --invert
• To run all tests, including those that require LBC (like publishing), simply run npm test

API

GET

• /api/claim/resolve/:name/:claimId
  • example: curl https://spee.ch/api/claim/resolve/doitlive/xyz
• /api/claim/list/:name
  • example: curl https://spee.ch/api/claim/list/doitlive
• /api/claim/availability/:name
  • returns the name if it is available
  • example: curl https://spee.ch/api/claim/availability/doitlive
• /api/channel/availability/:name
  • returns the name if it is available
  • example: curl https://spee.ch/api/channel/availability/@CoolChannel

POST

• /api/claim/publish
  • example: curl -F 'name=MyPictureName' -F 'file=@/path/to/myPicture.jpeg' https://spee.ch/api/claim/publish
  • Parameters:
    • name
    • file (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(optional)
    • channelPassword (optional,; required if channelName is provided)

Bugs

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

Contribute

below is a guide to the issue tags in this repo

level 1 - issues with spee.ch that anyone with basic web development can handle, little-to-no experience with the spee.ch codebase is required.

level 2 - issues with spee.ch familiarity with the spee.ch codebase is required, but little-to-no familiarity with the lbry daemon is necessary

level 3 - issues with spee.ch strong 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 placed in this repo because of they are part of the spee.ch implementation

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

spee.ch also runs a sync tool, which decodes the lbry blocks as they are mined and stores the claims in a mysql. It stores all claims in the Claims table, and all channel claims in the Certificates table.