httpshare

README

httpshare

httpshare utilizes golangs file server implementation to allow sharing of files via http by spinning up an http server locally. You just have to make sure that there is no firewall between the server and the clients.

To share a file just run.

httpshare myFile.mp4

After that the file will be available at http://yourIp:8080/randomId. The resulting URL is printed for each file. The IP in the URL is the first non loopback adresse it finds on a local interface. Optionally httpshare can get your public IP Adresse for you if you are behind a NAT.

Install

go get -u github.com/Fabian-G/httpshare

Usage

httpshare [OPTION...] [FILE...]

Option	Description
-i	If the served content should be marked as inline content (Displayed directly in browser instead of opening a download dialog whenever possible).
-l n	Limits the number of requests to n per file. Any subsequent request will receive an unauthorized error
-t n	Trust at most n clients. This is global and not per file. The first n clients (based on IP) will be able to download any file. Any other clients are rejected.
-p port	Starts the server on port port
-e	Enables TLS Encryption. The certificate is read from $USER_CONFIG_DIR/httpshare/{key.pem,cert.pem}. If no certificate is found there a self signed certificate will be generated.
-r	If set the generated URLs will contain your public IP Addresse. For that another server will be queried.
-d	If set to a path, httpshare will enable receive Mode and an upload form will be presented at /upload. Downloads will be saved at specified path. Note that generally speaking a client needs to make 2 requests to upload a file. Therefore specifying a request limit of 1 is not useful.