baka9moe / file_transfer

A very simple file transfer service

file_transfer

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Overview

file_transfer is a very simple file transfer service. The principle is to upload the file to a temporary file server, and then you can get the file with address of the HTTP protocol. You or your partner can use wget or browser to download the file.

Configuration file

file_transfer.yml

# bind address
listen_address: ":8080"
# the directory where the file is saved
upload_dir: "/tmp"
# URL prefix of the generated download address
url_prefix: "http://localhost:8080/download"

basic_auth:
  # enable basic_auth
  enabled: false
  username: "vearne"
  password: "happyft"

Usage

Build

make build

install

make install

default install directory

/usr/local/bin/

You can also find the compiled files in release releases

Start

file_transfer -c /tmp/file_transfer.yaml

If no configuration file is specified, the search order of the configuration file is

1. Current work directory
2. /etc/
3. /etc/file_transfer

Stop

ps -ef| grep file_tran|head -n 1 |awk '{print $2}'|xargs kill

Upload/Download Example

disenable basic auth

curl -F file=@tt.png http://localhost:8080/upload

wget http://localhost:8080/download/tt.png

enable basic auth

curl -F file=@tt.png http://localhost:8080/upload --user vearne:happyft

wget --http-user=vearne --http-password=happyft http://localhost:8080/download/tt.png

You can also download the file by visiting the following URL directly in your browser.

http://localhost:8080/download

Warning

Basic auth is less secure and if it is used in a production environment，you may put your files in potential security hazard.