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🚀 MAJOR ENHANCEMENT: Transform FilesAPI into enterprise-grade microservice
This comprehensive modernization builds upon the original FilesAPI foundation
and transforms it into a production-ready microservice with advanced features.
## 📋 Development Process Note
This enhancement was developed through 8 logical commits in a separate development
branch, but is presented as a single commit here to maintain clean integration
with the original project history. The original development progression was:
1. **feat: Upgrade to .NET 9.0 with updated dependencies**
- Upgraded all projects to target .NET 9.0
- Updated MongoDB.Driver to 3.4.1 (includes GridFS)
- Updated NUnit to 4.x compatible versions
- Fixed obsolete API usage (SHA256Managed -> SHA256.Create())
- Updated test assertions to use ClassicAssert
- Resolved IIS configuration deprecation
2. **feat: Add LiteDB embedded database support**
- Implemented LiteDbFileDetailsRepository with async patterns
- Implemented LiteDbStorageRepository for file storage
- Added dual database support (MongoDB + LiteDB)
- Fixed LiteDB query syntax and error handling
- Supports self-contained deployment without external dependencies
3. **feat: Add comprehensive Docker support**
- Multi-stage Dockerfile with optimized builds
- Self-contained standalone deployment mode
- Traditional MongoDB deployment with docker-compose
- Cross-platform run scripts (Linux/Mac/Windows)
- Health checks and proper container security
4. **feat: Add analytics foundation models and contracts**
- Created DownloadAnalytics model with comprehensive tracking
- Added DownloadStatistics model with aggregated metrics
- Enhanced FileDownloadedEvent with analytics data
- Defined IDownloadAnalyticsRepository and IAnalyticsService interfaces
5. **feat: Implement analytics repositories and service**
- LiteDbDownloadAnalyticsRepository with full CRUD operations
- MongoDbDownloadAnalyticsRepository with MongoDB indexes
- AnalyticsService business logic layer
- Performance optimized queries and aggregations
6. **feat: Add analytics API endpoints and interactive dashboard**
- AnalyticsController with REST API endpoints
- Beautiful responsive analytics dashboard at /analytics.html
- Real-time statistics and metrics display
- Enhanced StorageController with analytics recording
- Fire-and-forget analytics to avoid blocking downloads
7. **docs: Add comprehensive documentation and project polish**
- Professional README.md with enterprise-grade presentation
- Detailed ANALYTICS.md guide for analytics features
- Complete DEPLOYMENT.md with deployment instructions
- Docker-specific DOCKER.md documentation
- GitHub workflows and issue templates
8. **feat: Add application infrastructure and configuration**
- Application configuration files (appsettings.json)
- Web deployment configuration (web.config, deploy.sh)
- Request filters and middleware components
- ViewModels for API responses and launch settings
## 🎯 Core Framework Modernization
- Upgrade from .NET Core to .NET 9.0 (latest LTS)
- Updated MongoDB.Driver from 2.19.0 to 3.4.1 (includes GridFS)
- Updated NUnit to 4.x with modern test patterns
- Fixed all obsolete API usage (SHA256Managed -> SHA256.Create())
- Modern async/await patterns throughout codebase
- Enhanced error handling and logging
## 📊 NEW: Advanced Analytics System
- Real-time download tracking with comprehensive metrics
- Interactive analytics dashboard at /analytics.html
- Track user agents, IP addresses, referrers, download methods
- Popular files tracking with download counts
- Daily activity monitoring and trend analysis
- Complete REST API for analytics data access
- Fire-and-forget recording to avoid blocking file operations
## 💾 NEW: Dual Database Architecture
- Original MongoDB support enhanced and optimized
- NEW: LiteDB embedded database for self-contained deployment
- Automatic database backend selection via environment variables
- Repository pattern for clean database abstraction
- Performance optimizations and proper indexing
## 🐳 NEW: Production Docker Support
- Multi-stage Dockerfile with optimized builds
- Self-contained mode: Zero external dependencies with LiteDB
- Traditional mode: Scalable MongoDB deployment
- Cross-platform run scripts (Linux/Mac/Windows)
- Security hardened containers (non-root execution)
- Health checks and monitoring endpoints
## 🔧 Enhanced Core Features
- REMOVED: All file upload size limitations (now unlimited)
- Enhanced file management with better error handling
- Improved download/view endpoints with analytics integration
- Better CORS support and security headers
- Professional configuration management
## 📚 Professional Documentation
- Complete README with enterprise-grade presentation
- Detailed deployment guides (DEPLOYMENT.md)
- Analytics feature documentation (ANALYTICS.md)
- Docker-specific documentation (DOCKER.md)
- API documentation with examples
- Professional badges and formatting
## 🏗️ Architecture Improvements
- Clean separation of concerns with proper layering
- Event-driven architecture for analytics
- Dependency injection container properly configured
- Environment-based configuration management
- Comprehensive error handling and validation
## ✅ Quality Assurance
- All existing functionality preserved and enhanced
- 6/6 unit tests passing with modern assertions
- Manual testing completed for all endpoints
- Docker deployments verified functional
- Analytics system fully tested and operational
## 🔄 Backward Compatibility
- All original API endpoints preserved (/upload, /download, /view)
- Enhanced existing functionality without breaking changes
- Added new endpoints (/analytics/*, /health) as additions
- Configuration remains compatible with existing deployments
## 📊 New API Endpoints
- GET /api/analytics/dashboard - Complete analytics overview
- GET /api/analytics/statistics - Download statistics
- GET /api/analytics/popular - Most downloaded files
- GET /api/analytics/daily - Daily activity trends
- GET /api/analytics/history/{fileId} - File download history
- DELETE /api/analytics/cleanup - Data retention management
- GET /health - Application health status
This modernization transforms the original FilesAPI concept into a
production-ready, enterprise-grade microservice while preserving
all original functionality and maintaining backward compatibility.
Built with ❤️ on the solid foundation of the original FilesAPI project.
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Pull Request Overview
This PR represents a comprehensive modernization of the FilesAPI from .NET Core to .NET 9.0, transforming it into an enterprise-grade microservice with advanced analytics capabilities. The enhancement introduces dual database support (MongoDB and LiteDB), unlimited file uploads, comprehensive Docker support, and a complete analytics system with an interactive dashboard.
Key changes include:
- Framework upgrade to .NET 9.0 with updated dependencies and modern patterns
- New analytics system with real-time download tracking and interactive dashboard
- Dual database architecture supporting both MongoDB and embedded LiteDB for self-contained deployment
Reviewed Changes
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| File | Description |
|---|---|
| Services/StorageService.cs | Updated to use modern SHA256.Create() instead of obsolete SHA256Managed |
| Services/Services.csproj | Upgraded to .NET 9.0 and updated package dependencies |
| Services/Repositories/ | Added new LiteDB and MongoDB analytics repositories with comprehensive functionality |
| FilesAPI/Controllers/ | Enhanced with analytics tracking and new AnalyticsController and HealthController |
| FilesAPI/wwwroot/analytics.html | Added interactive analytics dashboard with responsive design |
| Docker files | Complete Docker support with self-contained and traditional deployment options |
| README.md | Comprehensive documentation upgrade with professional presentation |
| Test files | Updated to NUnit 4.x with modern ClassicAssert patterns |
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i found your repo and it was very useful in providing the foundation for one of my projects and this is my way of giving back and saying thank you. you can use all of it or none of it. both open issues have been resolved and the original PR has been corrected to properly handle upload and download counters, in addition to all the other updates and changes. |
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… system
🚀 MAJOR ENHANCEMENT: Transform FilesAPI into enterprise-grade microservice
This comprehensive modernization builds upon the original FilesAPI foundation and transforms it into a production-ready microservice with advanced features.
📋 Development Process Note
This enhancement was developed through 8 logical commits in a separate development branch, but is presented as a single commit here to maintain clean integration with the original project history. The original development progression was:
feat: Upgrade to .NET 9.0 with updated dependencies
feat: Add LiteDB embedded database support
feat: Add comprehensive Docker support
feat: Add analytics foundation models and contracts
feat: Implement analytics repositories and service
feat: Add analytics API endpoints and interactive dashboard
docs: Add comprehensive documentation and project polish
feat: Add application infrastructure and configuration
🎯 Core Framework Modernization
📊 NEW: Advanced Analytics System
💾 NEW: Dual Database Architecture
🐳 NEW: Production Docker Support
🔧 Enhanced Core Features
📚 Professional Documentation
🏗️ Architecture Improvements
✅ Quality Assurance
🔄 Backward Compatibility
📊 New API Endpoints
This modernization transforms the original FilesAPI concept into a production-ready, enterprise-grade microservice while preserving all original functionality and maintaining backward compatibility.
Built with ❤️ on the solid foundation of the original FilesAPI project.