homehost – Self-hosted React + Redux app that streams your media collection (music, movies, books, podcasts, comics etc). MIT Nodejs
Setup
Run npm install from the client/ directory and from the server/ directory
Create a .env file in the client/ directory, if it does not exist
In .env, set the base url of the homehost server
client/.env
REACT_APP_HOMEHOST_BASE = "http://localhost:5000"
REACT_APP_IMAGE_BASE = "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/"
REACT_APP_TMDB_BASE = "https://www.imdb.com/title/"
Create a .env file in the server/ directory, if it does not exist
In .env, set a working API key for TMDb API and Spotify Web API, set the media paths, and set tha base url of the homehost client
server/.env
TMDB_KEY = '<api_key>'
SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID = '<client_id>'
SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET = '<client_secret>'
MOVIES_PATH = '/path/to/movies/directory'
TV_PATH = '/path/to/tv/directory'
MUSIC_PATH = '/path/to/music/directory'
DATABASE_URL = 'file:./data/media.db'
CLIENT_BASE_URL = 'http://localhost:3000'
If you dont have keys, you can request API authorization from Spotify at https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/, and TMDb at https://developers.themoviedb.org/3/getting-started/introduction
Naming conventions
Your media must appear in the locations set by .env. Each media must be in a unique location and cannot share the same directory path(s)
? Movies
<movies_path>
- (subdirectory)?
- (movie_file_name <TMDb-movie-ID>) (.mp4|.mkv)
? TV
<tv_path>
- (tv_show_directory_name <TMDb-tv-show-ID>)
- (S<season_number>E<episode_number> episode_file_name) (.mp4|.mkv)
? Music
<music_path>
- (album_directory_name <Spotify-album-ID>)
- ((<disc_number>-)?<track_number> track_file_name) (.mp3|.flac)
Tracks not found on Spotify can be put in a directory titled Unknown Album sans disc/ track number
<music_path>
- Unknown Album
- (track_file_name) (.mp3|.flac)
Database
From server/, run npx prisma migrate dev to create the database and necessary migrations
Run npm run start-dev to start the application in dev mode
homehost scans the media paths and adds the files to the database
Wait for the async job to finish generating metadata and save
To explore all media data, run npx prisma studio from server/ and go to http://localhost:5555
To reset the database and clear all data, run npx prisma migrate reset from server/
Run
Run npm run start-dev from the server/ directory to start the application in dev mode
By default, the server port is 5000, client port is 3000
Run npm start from the server/ directory to start the application as prod
By default, client and server will run on 5000
While running, homehost continuously saves and retrieves metadata for any media files that were added, moved or removed
Routes
Server-side
POST
/api?generate=movies,tv,music
GET
/api/about
/api/movies
/api/movies/most_popular
/api/movies/highest_rated
/api/movies/recently_added
/api/movies/genres
/api/movies/genre/:name
/api/movies/random
/api/movies/:id
/api/tv
/api/tv/most_popular
/api/tv/highest_rated
/api/tv/recently_added
/api/tv/genres
/api/tv/genre/:name
/api/tv/random
/api/tv/:id
/api/music/albums/recently_added
/api/music/albums/latest
/api/music/artists
/api/music/artists/most_popular
/api/music/albums
/api/music/albums/:id
/api/music/songs
/api/music/songs/recently_added
/movies/:id
/tv/:tv_show_id/:season_number/:episode_number
/music/:album_id/:disc_number/:track_number
/api/watch/search
/api/listen/search
/api/watch/billboard
Client-side
/movies, /tv, /music
TODO /books, /comics, /podcasts
Development
Works best in 
Chrome. Coming to Desktop, iOS, Android.
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License – see the LICENSE file for details
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