Share Note self-hosted PHP backend

For a Python backend, see here: https://github.com/tannercollin/sharenote-py Thanks to @tannercollin!

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The API backend is provided without any warranties and has not received extensive security testing. I recommend that you secure the /api/ folder against public access.

If you're not confident in how to do this, please just use the normal Share Note service.

The backend uses Fat-Free Framework.

Installation

Docker Compose Setup

This Docker setup was created with thanks by @tristandb. I don't have the skill to spot if there are any issues with it, so please use at your own risk.

1. Copy .env.example to .env and update the values.

2. Run the following command to start the services:

docker-compose up -d

3. Access the application at http://localhost:8080 (or the port you specified).

Database

The code is setup to use MySQL. Import the schema.sql file into your database.

Server

• /api/ is the API backend.
• /public/ will be the location of uploaded files.

1. Copy ./api/env.cfg.example to ./api/env.cfg, and update with your specific configuration as below.
2. Point your API web root to the ./api/ folder in this repo.
3. Point your shared notes location web root to the ./public/ folder in this repo.

uid and private_key

You will need to generate a random 32 character alphanumeric string for each of these, and set them in both env.cfg on the server, and in the data.json file for Share Note plugin in your Obsidian plugins folder.

A quick way to generate these would be to use an MD5 hash of a string. Here's an online tool to do that.

You will need to set these the server env.cfg,

uid=8a307375635b44003b1f249ce4381f10
private_key=e28616cde774ed5199764d0b9b27768a

upload_folder

This is the public HTML directory where your shared notes should be saved, example:

upload_folder=/var/www/public

file_url_base

The public URL to reach the above upload_folder, example:

file_url_base=http://localhost/public

assets_webroot

The public URL to reach the assets folder, usually this will be an /assets subfolder of the above location. Example:

assets_webroot=http://localhost/public/assets

Troubleshooting

If you're receiving API errors, try opening the URL http://localhost/api/v1/account/get-key. If you can't load that endpoint in your browser then your .htaccess is probably not set up correctly.

Plugin

Edit the data.json file in your Obsidian Share Note plugin folder.

⚠️ After making any changes to this file, you will need to disable and re-enable the Share Note plugin, otherwise Obsidian won't pick up the changes.

uid and apiKey

Update uid and apiKey to match the uid and private_key values from your server's env.cfg.

  "uid": "8a307375635b44003b1f249ce4381f10",
  "apiKey": "e28616cde774ed5199764d0b9b27768a",

server

Set this to be the URL for your server's ./api/ folder:

  "server": "http://localhost/api",