Oftentimes, when I'm out and about, I have to move files around between my laptop and my phone. I could use something like Bluetooth to move files around, but the problem is that it's slow-- transferring anything larger about half of a megabyte takes forever, draining my phone battery the entire time.
So I made this thing really quickly. It's a simple web application that can receive and send files over a Wi-Fi connection-- without requiring actual Internet access.
It also displays QR codes to automatically connect to the website and possibly also a laptop hotspot for convenience.
bottle(pip)qrcode(pip)- access to the
ip address showcommand (for QR code generation)
The host and port variables in main.py control the IP address and port
the web server listens on.
If show_hotspot_code is True, then the webapp will also generate and display
QR codes to connect to a hotspot, using the SSID and password set using the
hotspot_ variables.
python3 main.py
or alternatively
./main.py