FilePile

a quick, no-BS filesharing platform

Features

• short term storage for quickly sharing files
• expiring files that are actually deleted (default 10min)
• easy-to-share links
• usable from a cli

Usage

FilePile can be used from the command line with curl or from scripts and other applications. Here I go over the basic usage with curl.

Uploading a file

curl -X POST \
    -F "file=@</path/to/file>" \
    http://hostname:3000/upload

Getting file info

curl -X GET \
    http://hostname:3000/info/<file id>

Downloading a file

curl -X GET \
    http://hostname:3000/download/<file id> \
    --output <file>

Checking statistics

curl -X GET \
    http://hostname:3000/statistics

Note

The server will always respond with JSON.

Endpoints

• POST: /upload
  • upload a file.
  • returns with the file id needed for other functionality and sharing.
• GET: /info/<file id>
  • returns information about the file.
    • filename
    • size of file (in bytes)
    • time of upload
    • time till expiry
• GET: /download/<file id>
  • returns the actual file.
• GET: /statistics
  • reutrns useful (or at least cool) statistics about this instance.
    • files uploaded
    • files downloaded
    • megabytes downloaded

Inspiration

I am cautious of relying on random seemingly good-willing file hosts on the internet. I want to be sure that my data is private, especially when sharing sensitive information such as SSH keys. I also didn't like that almost none of these online tools were easily usable from a command line. This led to me building FilePile.

Installation

• Clone the repo
• run npm run production in the /src folder

Development

Feel free to contribute. Use npm start for the development server.