Little Moments Design Doc

Objective

Create a web app that allows parents to share photos and videos of their children with close friends and family members.

Background

I’m a paying customer of TinyBeans, a popular app for sharing family photos.

I subscribed to TinyBeans because they advertise it as privacy-friendly and ad-free, but after I signed up, I discovered that TinyBeans still injects ads into your photo albums and spams paying customers with ads.

I find it gross that a service for sharing baby photos injects ads into my family photos and collects ad-targeting information about my friends and family, especially when I pay for my usage.

I want to build an alternative photo sharing app that’s ad-free and easy for tech-savvy users to host for themselves privately.

Goals

• Share family baby photos and videos with relatives and close friends.
• Minimize complexity so that less computer-literate relatives are comfortable using the app.
• Keep all data private and only accessible to authorized users.
• Keep high enough limits on photo / video size that parents perceive it as essentially unlimited storage.
  • Apply some upper limits for security reasons.
• Keep app free of all tracking / advertising.
• Allow users to control their level of engagement with the app.
  • They can get email summaries of activity daily.
  • They can’t get real-time updates because the app should feel slow and calm, not constantly pinging them.
  • Users can also turn off notifications entirely and only engage with the app when they proactively sign in.
• Migrate all data from TinyBeans (including media, comments, users, preferences).
• Keep the cost of hosting (including servers, storage, and dependent services) below US$10/month per single-family server.
• Minimize the complexity of hosting, so other tech-savvy users can host TinyBeans servers for their families.
• Make the migration from TinyBeans feel seamless for family members.
• Minimize v1 implementation cost.
  • A v1 implementation of this app should take less than 40 dev hours.

Non-goals

• Create a commercial photo-sharing application.
  • Hosting other people’s private photos has too many catastrophic risks.
• Preserve URL links for past TinyBeans uploads.
  • I’d like to do it, but I can’t influence old TinyBeans URLs to add redirects.
• Allow multiple families to share the same Little Moments server.
  • The app assumes the server is for a single family.
  • There’s no concept of “multi-tenant” where multiple families share the same server but have privacy from one another.
• Create native mobile apps.
  • The cost of dealing with app stores is too high.
  • I’m not proficient in any technologies that compile cross-platform apps (e.g., Flutter, React Native)

User roles

There are three user roles:

The admin creates accounts for all other users. There is no self-registration. During the TinyBeans import, the migration tool maps TinyBeans coOwner users to the Contributor role and all other followers to the Viewer role.

User interface

The app has a mobile-first responsive design with three main views: Timeline, Upload, and Settings. The interface is deliberately simple to be comfortable for less computer-literate family members.

Timeline view

The timeline is the default view. It shows entries in reverse chronological order, grouped by date. Each entry displays the photo or video, caption, uploader name, reaction count, and comment count. Tapping an entry opens a detail view with full-size media and the comment thread.

Upload view

The upload view is available to Admins and Contributors. It presents a simple form with a date picker (defaulting to today), a file picker for photos/videos, and an optional caption field.

Settings view

The settings view lets any user update their display name, email address, password, and notification preferences. Admins see an additional section for managing users (invite, change role, remove).

Scenarios

Scenario: Parent uploads a photo

1. Homer opens Little Moments on his phone and taps “Upload.”
2. Homer selects a photo from his camera roll and adds the caption “Baby’s first milkshake!”
3. Homer taps “Upload.” The photo appears on the timeline immediately.
4. That evening, the server sends a daily summary email to Grampa and Maude with a thumbnail of the new photo and a link to the timeline.

Scenario: Grandparent reacts to a photo

1. Grampa receives the daily summary email and taps the link.
2. The link opens the timeline in his browser. Grampa sees the new photo.
3. Grampa taps the heart icon to react, then writes a comment: “He looks just like Homer at that age!”

Scenario: Admin migrates from TinyBeans

1. Homer runs tinybeans-export to download all his TinyBeans data.
2. Homer runs tinybeans-import --data-dir ./export against his Little Moments server.
3. The import tool creates user accounts for each TinyBeans follower, imports all photos/videos with their original dates and captions, and preserves all comments and reactions.
4. Homer sends each family member their new login credentials.

Scenario: Family member adjusts notifications

1. Maude finds the daily emails too frequent and wants to check the app on her own schedule.
2. Maude logs in, goes to Settings, and sets her notification preference to “None.”
3. Maude no longer receives any emails. She visits the app directly when she wants to see new photos.

Missing features

The following features are intentionally omitted from v1 to keep the implementation within the 40 dev hour budget:

• Threaded comment replies. Comments are flat. TinyBeans supports replies, but the export data shows repliesCount: 0 for all comments in practice, so this is rarely used.
• Multiple reaction types. Only a single “love” reaction is supported. TinyBeans only has “love” reactions in practice.
• Photo editing / cropping. Users upload photos as-is. Use your phone’s built-in editor before uploading.
• Albums / tags / search. The timeline is the only way to browse. For a single-family journal, scrolling by date is sufficient.
• Multiple children. The server is for one family journal. There is no per-child filtering or tagging.
• “On this day” flashbacks. TinyBeans has a “memories” feature that resurfaces old photos. This is a nice-to-have for a future version.
• Video transcoding. Videos are served in their original format. Modern phones produce browser-compatible video (H.264/H.265 in MP4), so transcoding is unnecessary for the target user base.

Users

Assumptions about the user base:

• The admin is a tech-savvy parent comfortable with Docker, DNS configuration, and basic Linux server administration.
• All other users (contributors and viewers) may have limited technical skills. They interact with the app exclusively through a web browser on their phone or computer.
• The typical server has 5-15 users: two parents, a handful of grandparents, and a few close friends.
• Users are spread across multiple time zones within the same country.
• Users access the app over the public internet (not a LAN-only setup).
• Most uploads are photos from phone cameras (5-15 MB each). Video uploads are occasional and typically under 100 MB.

Notifications

Little Moments sends email notifications. There are no push notifications, no in-app notification badges, and no real-time updates. This is intentional: the app should feel calm and low-pressure.

Each user chooses one of two notification settings:

• Daily summary (default): Once per day at 8:00 PM in the user’s configured time zone, the server sends an email listing all new entries from that day. The email includes a thumbnail for each entry, the caption, and a link to the timeline. If there are no new entries that day, no email is sent.
• None: The user receives no emails. They check the app on their own schedule.

The server sends notifications via SMTP. The admin configures SMTP credentials (host, port, username, password) during server setup. The app does not bundle its own mail server.

Service level objectives (SLOs)

Since this is a self-hosted app for a small family audience, the SLOs are modest:

• Availability: The server should be available 99% of the time, measured monthly. This allows for roughly 7 hours of downtime per month for maintenance, updates, and the occasional VPS reboot. Family members will tolerate brief outages because the app is not urgent.
• Page load latency: Timeline pages should load in under 2 seconds on a typical home internet connection (50 Mbps+), excluding media download time. Media (photos and videos) should begin streaming immediately after the page loads.
• Upload latency: Photo uploads (up to 20 MB) should complete in under 5 seconds on a typical home connection, excluding network transfer time.
• Storage capacity: The server should support at least 50 GB of media storage. At an average of 8 MB per photo with a few uploads per week, 50 GB supports over 10 years of use.
• Concurrent users: The server should handle at least 10 simultaneous users without degradation. This exceeds the expected peak (a few family members checking the daily email at the same time).

Architecture

Go HTTP server

The core of the application is a single Go binary that serves HTML pages and handles API requests. Go is a good fit because:

• It compiles to a single static binary with no runtime dependencies, which simplifies Docker images and deployment.
• The standard library includes a production-quality HTTP server, HTML template engine, and image processing packages.
• Go’s performance is more than sufficient for a single-family app with 10-15 users.

The server renders HTML on the server side using Go’s html/template package. There is no JavaScript framework. The frontend uses minimal vanilla JavaScript only where necessary (e.g., file upload progress, reaction toggles). Server-side rendering keeps the frontend simple and fast on older devices that family members might use.

SQLite

SQLite stores users, entries (metadata, captions, dates), comments, and reactions. SQLite is the right choice because:

• It requires zero configuration and runs embedded in the Go process.
• A single-family app will never exceed SQLite’s capacity (it comfortably handles databases up to 1 TB).
• It simplifies backups: the entire database is a single file that can be copied alongside the media directory.
• It eliminates the need to run and maintain a separate database server, which reduces hosting costs and complexity.

Local filesystem

Photos and videos are stored on the local filesystem in a structured directory layout organized by date (/data/media/2025/10/20/<uuid>.jpg). This avoids the cost and complexity of object storage (like S3) for a single-family use case. Backups can be done with standard tools like rsync.

Reverse proxy

The Go server listens on a local port. A reverse proxy (Caddy or nginx) sits in front of it to handle TLS termination and serve as the public HTTPS endpoint. Caddy is the recommended default because it automatically provisions and renews Let’s Encrypt certificates with zero configuration.

tinybeans-import CLI

A separate CLI tool (tinybeans-import) reads the output of tinybeans-export and populates the Little Moments database and media directory. It runs once during migration and is not part of the running server.

Deployment

The server runs as a Docker container with two mounted volumes: one for the SQLite database and one for the media directory. The docker-compose.yml file includes the Little Moments server and Caddy as services. A new user can go from zero to a running server by:

1. Cloning the repository
2. Editing a .env file with their domain name and SMTP credentials
3. Running docker compose up

Privacy

• No third-party tracking. The app includes no analytics, no tracking pixels, no ad networks, and no third-party JavaScript.
• No data leaves the server except for notification emails sent via the admin-configured SMTP server.
• All data is stored on the admin’s server. The admin has full control over their data and can delete it at any time by removing the Docker volumes.
• Authentication is required. Every page and API endpoint requires a valid session. There is no public-facing content.
• Media files are served through the application, not via direct filesystem paths. The server verifies the user’s session before serving any photo or video.
• Passwords are hashed using bcrypt before storage. Plaintext passwords are never stored or logged.
• Notification emails contain thumbnails of new photos. Family members should be aware that email is not encrypted end-to-end, so anyone with access to their email account can see the thumbnails.

Data retention

• Media and metadata are retained indefinitely by default. The purpose of the app is to preserve family memories, so there is no automatic deletion.
• Deleted entries are hard-deleted. When an admin or contributor deletes an entry, the database row and media file are removed from disk immediately. There is no soft-delete or trash/recycle bin.
• User accounts can be removed by the admin. Removing a user deletes their login credentials but preserves their past comments and reactions (attributed to “Deleted User”).
• Backups are the admin’s responsibility. The app does not perform automatic backups. The admin should set up their own backup strategy (e.g., a cron job that copies the SQLite database and media directory to an offsite location).

Security

• Authentication: Users log in with an email address and password. Sessions are managed with secure, HTTP-only, same-site cookies. Sessions expire after 30 days of inactivity.
• Authorization: Every request is checked against the user’s role. Viewers cannot access upload or admin endpoints. Contributors cannot access admin endpoints.
• TLS: All traffic is encrypted via HTTPS, enforced by the reverse proxy. The Go server itself only listens on localhost.
• Upload validation: The server validates uploaded files by checking MIME types (via content sniffing, not just the file extension) and enforces size limits: 20 MB per photo, 200 MB per video. This prevents users from uploading arbitrary large files that could fill the disk.
• Rate limiting: The login endpoint is rate-limited to 10 attempts per IP per minute to mitigate brute-force password guessing.
• SQL injection: All database queries use parameterized statements via Go’s database/sql package.
• XSS: All user-supplied content (captions, comments, display names) is escaped by Go’s html/template package, which applies contextual auto-escaping by default.
• CSRF: State-changing requests require a CSRF token embedded in the HTML form and validated on the server.
• Path traversal: Media files are served through a handler that resolves the file path and verifies it is within the media directory. Direct filesystem paths are never exposed to the client.
• Dependency supply chain: The app has minimal dependencies. Go’s standard library handles HTTP, HTML templating, image processing, and SQLite (via a well-established CGo binding). Fewer dependencies mean a smaller attack surface.

Licensing

The app is released under the MIT License. This license:

• Allows anyone to use, modify, and self-host the software for free.
• Allows other developers to fork and build on the project.
• Imposes minimal legal overhead (no CLA, no copyleft obligations).
• Is widely understood and trusted in the open-source community.

The MIT License is appropriate because the project has no commercial ambitions (hosting other people’s family photos is an explicit non-goal). The goal is maximum adoption among tech-savvy parents who want to self-host, and a permissive license removes friction.

Implementation timeline

The v1 implementation targets 40 dev hours across four milestones:

• Milestone 1 (10 hours): Core data model and import tool
  • Define the SQLite schema (users, entries, comments, reactions).
  • Build the tinybeans-import CLI that reads tinybeans-export output and populates the database and media directory.
  • Deliverable: Given a TinyBeans export directory, the import tool produces a populated database and organized media directory.
• Milestone 2 (15 hours): Read-only web interface
  • Build the Go HTTP server with authentication (login, sessions, bcrypt passwords).
  • Implement the timeline view (paginated, grouped by date, with thumbnails).
  • Implement the entry detail view (full-size media, comments, reactions).
  • Deliverable: Family members can log in and browse the imported timeline.
• Milestone 3 (10 hours): Uploads, comments, and reactions
  • Implement the upload form (date picker, file upload, caption).
  • Implement adding comments and reactions to entries.
  • Implement entry deletion (for admins and the original uploader).
  • Deliverable: The app is fully functional for daily use.
• Milestone 4 (5 hours): Notifications and deployment
  • Implement the daily summary email (one email per user per day, sent at 8:00 PM in their time zone).
  • Write the docker-compose.yml with Caddy and the Little Moments server.
  • Write a setup guide in the README.
  • Deliverable: A new user can deploy the app and start using it by following the README.

Alternatives considered

• Lychee (self-hosted photo gallery)
  • Lychee is a polished self-hosted photo management app, but it is designed for organizing a personal photo library, not for sharing a family journal. It lacks a timeline view, per-entry comments/reactions, and email notifications. Adapting it would require more work than building Little Moments from scratch.
• Immich (self-hosted Google Photos alternative)
  • Immich is feature-rich but far more complex than what this project needs. It requires multiple services (PostgreSQL, Redis, machine learning workers) and targets power users who want facial recognition and smart albums. The hosting cost and complexity exceed the $10/month and simplicity goals.
• A static site generator (e.g., Hugo)
  • A static site would eliminate the need for a server runtime, but it cannot support authentication, comments, reactions, or uploads without bolting on external services. The result would be more complex, not less.
• Django or Rails instead of Go
  • Both are productive frameworks, but they require a language runtime on the server and have heavier Docker images. Go’s single-binary deployment and built-in HTTP server are a better fit for a small self-hosted app where simplicity of deployment matters.
• PostgreSQL instead of SQLite
  • PostgreSQL is a better database in most dimensions, but running a separate database server adds operational complexity and cost. For a single-family app with 10-15 users and a few writes per day, SQLite’s limitations (single-writer) are irrelevant, and the simplicity of a single-file database is a significant advantage for backups and deployment.

Appendix: tinybeans-export format

File structure

tinybeans-export creates a file structure like the following:

.
├── 2024-08-18_650648406
│   ├── c77f0d7f-6d8f-429e-be50-9bf161d68d1d-o.jpg
│   └── metadata.json
├── 2025-12-27_714502829
│   ├── 01038d5e-5f16-46ed-980b-1a06bed27058thumbnail-o.jpg
│   ├── a9a574bf-94b7-4b5c-a19a-b5ab74bda55d.mp4
│   └── metadata.json
├── ...
├── followers.json
└── journal.json

Each folder is a piece of media containing the original size photo, original size video + thumbnail, and a metadata JSON file.

journal.json

The journal.json contains data like the following, where Homer Simpson is the parent and Bart Simpson is the child:

{
  "id": 9876123,
  "timestamp": 1724014779666,
  "title": "Bart Simpson",
  "user": {
    "id": 1112221,
    "timestamp": 1724014779485,
    "lastUpdatedTimestamp": 1769876901930,
    "fullName": "Homer Simpson",
    "firstName": "Homer",
    "lastName": "Simpson",
    "hasMemoriesAccess": true
  },
  "children": [
    {
      "id": 8882233,
      "timestamp": 1724026487665,
      "lastUpdatedTimestamp": 1724026487665,
      "firstName": "Leo",
      "lastName": "Simpson",
      "fullName": "Bart Simpson",
      "gender": "MALE",
      "dob": "1987-04-01",
      "avatars": {
        "o": "https://tinybeans-public.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/images/avatar-child-o.png",
        "s": "https://tinybeans-public.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/images/avatar-child-s.png",
        "m": "https://tinybeans-public.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/images/avatar-child-m.png",
        "l": "https://tinybeans-public.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/images/avatar-child-l.png"
      },
      "user": {
        "id": 1112221,
        "timestamp": 1724014779485,
        "lastUpdatedTimestamp": 1769876901930,
        "fullName": "Homer Simpson",
        "firstName": "Homer",
        "lastName": "Simpson",
        "hasMemoriesAccess": true
      }
    }
  ]
}

followers.json

The followers.json file has data like the following:

[
  {
    "id": 5587986,
    "URL": "https://tinybeans.com/api/1/journals/9876123/followers/5587986",
    "timestamp": 1724014779668,
    "journalId": 9876123,
    "user": {
      "id": 1112221,
      "URL": "https://tinybeans.com/api/1/users/1112221",
      "timestamp": 1724014779485,
      "lastUpdatedTimestamp": 1769876901930,
      "fullName": "Homer Simpson",
      "firstName": "Homer",
      "lastName": "Simpson",
      "username": "parent@example.com",
      "publicUsername": "",
      "emailAddress": "parent@example.com",
      "avatars": {
        "o": "https://tinybeans-public.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/images/avatar-user-o.png",
        "s": "https://tinybeans-public.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/images/avatar-user-s.png",
        "m": "https://tinybeans-public.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/images/avatar-user-m.png",
        "l": "https://tinybeans-public.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/images/avatar-user-l.png"
      },
      "timeZone": {
        "name": "America/New_York",
        "label": "(GMT-5:00) America/New_York",
        "offset": 0
      },
      "timeZoneOffset": -18000000,
      "hasMemoriesAccess": true,
      "deleted": false,
      "emailOptOut": false,
      "emailMarketingOptOut": true,
      "emailWeeklySummary": false,
      "emailFrequencyOnNewComment": {
        "name": "NONE",
        "label": "Do not send"
      },
      "emailFrequencyOnNewEmotion": {
        "name": "NONE",
        "label": "Do not send"
      }
    },
    "relationship": {
      "name": "FATHER",
      "label": "Father"
    },
    "viewEntries": true,
    "addEntries": true,
    "viewMilestones": true,
    "editMilestones": true,
    "coOwner": false,
    "sortOrder": 0,
    "sendFlashback": false,
    "emailFrequencyOnNewEvent": {
      "name": "DAILY",
      "label": "Send once a day"
    }
  },
  {
    "id": 1234890,
    "URL": "https://tinybeans.com/api/1/journals/9876123/followers/1234890",
    "timestamp": 1724026924544,
    "journalId": 9876123,
    "user": {
      "id": 2221112,
      "URL": "https://tinybeans.com/api/1/users/2221112",
      "timestamp": 1724026924424,
      "lastUpdatedTimestamp": 1769626595834,
      "fullName": "Marge Simpson",
      "firstName": "Marge",
      "lastName": "Simpson",
      "username": "parent2@example.com",
      "publicUsername": "",
      "emailAddress": "parent2@example.com",
      "avatars": {
        "o": "https://tinybeans-public.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/images/avatar-user-o.png",
        "s": "https://tinybeans-public.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/images/avatar-user-s.png",
        "m": "https://tinybeans-public.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/images/avatar-user-m.png",
        "l": "https://tinybeans-public.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/images/avatar-user-l.png"
      },
      "timeZone": {
        "name": "America/Chicago",
        "label": "(GMT-6:00) America/Chicago",
        "offset": 0
      },
      "timeZoneOffset": -21600000,
      "hasMemoriesAccess": true,
      "deleted": false,
      "emailOptOut": false,
      "emailMarketingOptOut": true,
      "emailWeeklySummary": true,
      "emailFrequencyOnNewComment": {
        "name": "IMMEDIATE",
        "label": "Send immediately"
      },
      "emailFrequencyOnNewEmotion": {
        "name": "IMMEDIATE",
        "label": "Send immediately"
      }
    },
    "relationship": {
      "name": "MOTHER",
      "label": "Mother"
    },
    "viewEntries": true,
    "addEntries": true,
    "viewMilestones": true,
    "editMilestones": true,
    "coOwner": true,
    "sortOrder": 0,
    "sendFlashback": true,
    "emailFrequencyOnNewEvent": {
      "name": "NONE",
      "label": "Do not send"
    }
  },
  {
    "id": 3953212,
    "URL": "https://tinybeans.com/api/1/journals/9876123/followers/3953212",
    "timestamp": 1724167761726,
    "journalId": 9876123,
    "user": {
      "id": 9992223,
      "URL": "https://tinybeans.com/api/1/users/9992223",
      "timestamp": 1724167761595,
      "lastUpdatedTimestamp": 1768396343391,
      "fullName": "Grampa Simpson",
      "firstName": "Grampa",
      "lastName": "Simpson",
      "username": "grampa@example.com",
      "publicUsername": "",
      "emailAddress": "grampa@example.com",
      "avatars": {
        "o": "https://tinybeans-public.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/images/avatar-user-o.png",
        "s": "https://tinybeans-public.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/images/avatar-user-s.png",
        "m": "https://tinybeans-public.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/images/avatar-user-m.png",
        "l": "https://tinybeans-public.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/images/avatar-user-l.png"
      },
      "timeZone": {
        "name": "America/Detroit",
        "label": "(GMT-5:00) America/Detroit",
        "offset": 0
      },
      "timeZoneOffset": -18000000,
      "hasMemoriesAccess": true,
      "deleted": false,
      "emailOptOut": false,
      "emailMarketingOptOut": true,
      "emailWeeklySummary": true,
      "emailFrequencyOnNewComment": {
        "name": "IMMEDIATE",
        "label": "Send immediately"
      },
      "emailFrequencyOnNewEmotion": {
        "name": "IMMEDIATE",
        "label": "Send immediately"
      }
    },
    "relationship": {
      "name": "GRANDFATHER",
      "label": "Grandfather"
    },
    "viewEntries": true,
    "addEntries": false,
    "viewMilestones": false,
    "editMilestones": false,
    "coOwner": false,
    "sortOrder": 0,
    "sendFlashback": true,
    "emailFrequencyOnNewEvent": {
      "name": "DAILY",
      "label": "Send once a day"
    }
  },
  {
    "id": 5444455,
    "URL": "https://tinybeans.com/api/1/journals/9876123/followers/5444455",
    "timestamp": 1743948015529,
    "journalId": 9876123,
    "user": {
      "id": 1112223,
      "URL": "https://tinybeans.com/api/1/users/1112223",
      "timestamp": 1743948015380,
      "lastUpdatedTimestamp": 1769517178722,
      "fullName": "Maude Flanders",
      "firstName": "Maude",
      "lastName": "Flanders",
      "username": "Maude.Flanders@example.com",
      "publicUsername": "",
      "emailAddress": "Maude.Flanders@example.com",
      "avatars": {
        "o": "https://tinybeans-public.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/images/avatar-user-o.png",
        "s": "https://tinybeans-public.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/images/avatar-user-s.png",
        "m": "https://tinybeans-public.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/images/avatar-user-m.png",
        "l": "https://tinybeans-public.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/images/avatar-user-l.png"
      },
      "timeZone": {
        "name": "America/New_York",
        "label": "(GMT-5:00) America/New_York",
        "offset": 0
      },
      "timeZoneOffset": -18000000,
      "hasMemoriesAccess": true,
      "deleted": false,
      "emailOptOut": false,
      "emailMarketingOptOut": false,
      "emailWeeklySummary": true,
      "emailFrequencyOnNewComment": {
        "name": "IMMEDIATE",
        "label": "Send immediately"
      },
      "emailFrequencyOnNewEmotion": {
        "name": "IMMEDIATE",
        "label": "Send immediately"
      }
    },
    "relationship": {
      "name": "FRIEND",
      "label": "Friend"
    },
    "viewEntries": true,
    "addEntries": true,
    "viewMilestones": true,
    "editMilestones": false,
    "coOwner": false,
    "sortOrder": 0,
    "sendFlashback": true,
    "emailFrequencyOnNewEvent": {
      "name": "DAILY",
      "label": "Send once a day"
    }
  }
]

metadata.json

Media metadata files have a structure like the following:

{
  "id": 777773331,
  "journalId": 9876123,
  "userId": 2221112,
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