papercrate/frontend

Papercrate Frontend

A minimal Webpack-powered SPA to interact with the Papercrate Milestone 1 backend.

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+
• Backend API running locally on http://127.0.0.1:3000

Setup

cd frontend
npm install

Development

npm run dev

• Starts webpack-dev-server on http://localhost:5173
• Proxies /api requests to the backend (no CORS needed)
• Edit files in src/ and the browser reloads automatically

Production Build

npm run build

• Output written to dist/
• Set API_BASE_URL in .env.local if the API is not served from the same origin.

Features

• Finder-style layout: folder tree, document table, and detail pane with metadata & tags
• Drag-and-drop moves (documents between folders) and file uploads (window-wide or onto a folder)
• Search box plus tag chips filter documents across the selected folder and all descendants
• Tag management (create/assign/remove) from the detail panel
• Login via the seeded admin account (admin / adminadmin) with stored JWT session
• Inline status banner for quick feedback on API interactions