Picture Vault is a minimal, lightweight image upload and delivery server built with Express and SQLite. Perfect for quickly hosting images with anonymous uploads and easy management. If you own a domain, Picture Vault can double as your personal image CDN.

1. Anonymous uploads (no accounts).
2. Per-file deletion via one-time deletion password.
3. Batch upload support.
4. Image listing, metadata lookup, and HEAD checks.
5. Simple file-based storage with SQLite index.

1. Install Node.js (>= 18).

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install
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3. Start the server:

   npm run start

The app serves a simple test UI at / and the API under /images.

• POST /images/add

  • multipart/form-data with field photos (supports multiple files)
  • returns JSON: list of uploaded files with id and deletionPassword

• GET /images/:id

  • returns the image binary if found; 404 otherwise

• HEAD /images/:id

  • 200 if the image exists, 404 if not; includes Content-Type

• GET /images/:id/meta

  • returns { id, extn, size, modifiedAt } for an image

• GET /images?limit=50&offset=0

  • paginated listing; returns { total, limit, offset, items: [{ id, extn }] }

• Images are stored under ./images/ with names <id>.<extn>.
• Index is persisted in images.db (SQLite). No external database required.
• Supported types: image/jpeg, image/jpg, image/png, image/gif.