ArDrive Web

The ArDrive Web App allows a user to log in to securely view, upload and manage their ArDrive files.

Have any questions? Join the ArDrive Discord channel for support, news and updates. https://discord.gg/ya4hf2H

Setting up the Development Environment

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Install lefthook for your platform from the intructions here. This will enable the use of git hooks. After installing lefthook you need to enable it by running:

lefthook install

If your environment is using homebrew, install the Flutter SDK with its cask as shown below. Alternatively, visit the Flutter Installation Instructions to get the Flutter SDK up and running for your OS / local setup.

# with homebrew

brew install --cask flutter

Then, generate the package imports with:

flutter pub get

Install script runner to have access to pubspec scripts

flutter pub global activate script_runner

Make sure to add scr to your path with export

In order to run them we need to use scr plus a pubspec.yaml script

e.g.to check-flutter script which checks if we re using the right Flutter version

scr check-flutter

Whenever changing branches or initially setting up, compile the codebase to resolve errors:

flutter pub run build_runner build --delete-conflicting-outputs

Then, to begin code generation and watch for changes, run:

flutter packages pub run build_runner watch

App flavors

The app has three flavors: development, staging and production. To select one of those, follow the instructions for:

Web

flutter run -d chrome --dart-define=environment=development

To run using a production config, just remove the --dart-define argument

flutter run -d chrome

or

flutter run -d chrome --dart-define=environment=production

Mobile

flutter run --flavor=development

or

flutter run --flavor=production

All changes made to dev will be continuously deployed to staging.ardrive.io. All PRs from this repo merging into dev will trigger a preview build that can be shared freely.

Release

To create a release to app.ardrive.io, first merge any changes from dev into master that are required, and publish a new release through the GitHub UI with the tag name matching the pattern v* eg. v1.0.1.

This will trigger a GitHub Action that will deploy master to production.

Using a custom Arweave Gateway URL

You can use a custom gateway URL by setting the flutter.arweaveGatewayUrl key in your browser's Local Storage.

With the web app opened you can access the browser's JavaScript console to run the follow examples:

// To set the item. Note that the custom gateway value MUST be wrapped in double quotes
localStorage.setItem('flutter.arweaveGatewayUrl', '"https://my.custom.url"');

// To remove it (set the default)
localStorage.removeItem('flutter.arweaveGatewayUrl');

You may need to reload to apply the change.