transfer.sh

transfer.sh

Easy and fast file sharing from the command-line. This code contains the server with everything you need to create your own instance.

Transfer.sh currently supports the s3 (Amazon S3), gdrive (Google Drive), storj (Storj) providers, and local file system (local).

Disclaimer

@stefanbenten happens to be a maintainer of this repository and the person who host a well known public installation of the software in the repo.

The two are anyway unrelated, and the repo is not the place to direct requests and issues for any of the pubblic installation.

No third-party public installation of the software in the repo will be advertised or mentioned in the repo itself, for security reasons.

The official position of me, @aspacca, as maintainer of the repo, is that if you want to use the software you should host your own installation.

Usage

Upload:

$ curl -v --upload-file ./hello.txt https://transfer.sh/hello.txt

Encrypt & Upload:

$ gpg --armor --symmetric --output - /tmp/hello.txt | curl --upload-file - https://transfer.sh/test.txt
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### Download & Decrypt:

bash $ curl https://transfer.sh/1lDau/test.txt | gpg --decrypt --output /tmp/hello.txt

### Upload to Virustotal:

bash $ curl -X PUT --upload-file nhgbhhj https://transfer.sh/test.txt/virustotal

### Deleting

bash $ curl -X DELETE

## Request Headers

### Max-Downloads

bash $ curl --upload-file ./hello.txt https://transfer.sh/hello.txt -H "Max-Downloads: 1" # Limit the number of downloads

### Max-Days

bash $ curl --upload-file ./hello.txt https://transfer.sh/hello.txt -H "Max-Days: 1" # Set the number of days before deletion

### X-Encrypt-Password
#### Beware, use this feature only on your self-hosted server: trusting a third-party service for server side encryption is at your own risk

bash $ curl --upload-file ./hello.txt https://your-transfersh-instance.tld/hello.txt -H "X-Encrypt-Password: test" # Encrypt the content sever side with AES265 using "test" as password

### X-Decrypt-Password
#### Beware, use this feature only on your self-hosted server: trusting a third-party service for server side encryption is at your own risk

bash $ curl https://your-transfersh-instance.tld/BAYh0/hello.txt -H "X-Decrypt-Password: test" # Decrypt the content sever side with AES265 using "test" as password

## Response Headers

### X-Url-Delete

The URL used to request the deletion of a file and returned as a response header.

bash curl -sD - --upload-file ./hello.txt https://transfer.sh/hello.txt | grep -i -E 'transfer.sh|x-url-delete' x-url-delete: https://transfer.sh/hello.txt/BAYh0/hello.txt/PDw0NHPcqU https://transfer.sh/hello.txt/BAYh0/hello.txt

## Examples

See good usage examples on [examples.md](examples.md)

## Link aliases

Create direct download link:

https://transfer.sh/1lDau/test.txt --> https://transfer.sh/get/1lDau/test.txt

Inline file:

https://transfer.sh/1lDau/test.txt --> https://transfer.sh/inline/1lDau/test.txt

## Usage

Parameter | Description                                                                                 | Value                        | Env                         
--- |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------
listener | port to use for http (:80)                                                                  |                              | LISTENER                    |
profile-listener | port to use for profiler (:6060)                                                            |                              | PROFILE_LISTENER            |
force-https | redirect to https                                                                           | false                        | FORCE_HTTPS                 
tls-listener | port to use for https (:443)                                                                |                              | TLS_LISTENER                |
tls-listener-only | flag to enable tls listener only                                                            |                              | TLS_LISTENER_ONLY           |
tls-cert-file | path to tls certificate                                                                     |                              | TLS_CERT_FILE               |
tls-private-key | path to tls private key                                                                     |                              | TLS_PRIVATE_KEY             |
http-auth-user | user for basic http auth on upload                                                          |                              | HTTP_AUTH_USER              |
http-auth-pass | pass for basic http auth on upload                                                          |                              | HTTP_AUTH_PASS              |
http-auth-htpasswd | htpasswd file path for basic http auth on upload                                            |                              | HTTP_AUTH_HTPASSWD          |
http-auth-ip-whitelist | comma separated list of ips allowed to upload without being challenged an http auth        |                              | HTTP_AUTH_IP_WHITELIST      |
ip-whitelist | comma separated list of ips allowed to connect to the service                               |                              | IP_WHITELIST                |
ip-blacklist | comma separated list of ips not allowed to connect to the service                           |                              | IP_BLACKLIST                |
temp-path | path to temp folder                                                                         | system temp                  | TEMP_PATH                   |
web-path | path to static web files (for development or custom front end)                              |                              | WEB_PATH                    |
proxy-path | path prefix when service is run behind a proxy                                              |                              | PROXY_PATH                  |
proxy-port | port of the proxy when the service is run behind a proxy                                    |                              | PROXY_PORT                  |
email-contact | email contact for the front end                                                             |                              | EMAIL_CONTACT               |
ga-key | google analytics key for the front end                                                      |                              | GA_KEY                      |
provider | which storage provider to use                                                               | (s3, storj, gdrive or local) |
uservoice-key | user voice key for the front end                                                            |                              | USERVOICE_KEY               |
aws-access-key | aws access key                                                                              |                              | AWS_ACCESS_KEY              |
aws-secret-key | aws access key                                                                              |                              | AWS_SECRET_KEY              |
bucket | aws bucket                                                                                  |                              | BUCKET                      |
s3-endpoint | Custom S3 endpoint.                                                                         |                              | S3_ENDPOINT                 |
s3-region | region of the s3 bucket                                                                     | eu-west-1                    | S3_REGION                   |
s3-no-multipart | disables s3 multipart upload                                                                | false                        | S3_NO_MULTIPART             |
s3-path-style | Forces path style URLs, required for Minio.                                                 | false                        | S3_PATH_STYLE               |
storj-access | Access for the project                                                                      |                              | STORJ_ACCESS                |
storj-bucket | Bucket to use within the project                                                            |                              | STORJ_BUCKET                |
basedir | path storage for local/gdrive provider                                                      |                              | BASEDIR                     |
gdrive-client-json-filepath | path to oauth client json config for gdrive provider                                        |                              | GDRIVE_CLIENT_JSON_FILEPATH |
gdrive-local-config-path | path to store local transfer.sh config cache for gdrive provider                            |                              | GDRIVE_LOCAL_CONFIG_PATH    |
gdrive-chunk-size | chunk size for gdrive upload in megabytes, must be lower than available memory (8 MB)       |                              | GDRIVE_CHUNK_SIZE           |
lets-encrypt-hosts | hosts to use for lets encrypt certificates (comma seperated)                                |                              | HOSTS                       |
log | path to log file                                                                            |                              | LOG                         |
cors-domains | comma separated list of domains for CORS, setting it enable CORS                            |                              | CORS_DOMAINS                |
clamav-host | host for clamav feature                                                                     |                              | CLAMAV_HOST                 |
perform-clamav-prescan | prescan every upload through clamav feature (clamav-host must be a local clamd unix socket) |                              | PERFORM_CLAMAV_PRESCAN      |
rate-limit | request per minute                                                                          |                              | RATE_LIMIT                  |
max-upload-size | max upload size in kilobytes                                                                |                              | MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE             |
purge-days | number of days after the uploads are purged automatically                                   |                              | PURGE_DAYS                  |   
purge-interval | interval in hours to run the automatic purge for (not applicable to S3 and Storj)           |                              | PURGE_INTERVAL              |   
random-token-length | length of the random token for the upload path (double the size for delete path)            | 6                            | RANDOM_TOKEN_LENGTH         |   

If you want to use TLS using lets encrypt certificates, set lets-encrypt-hosts to your domain, set tls-listener to :443 and enable force-https.

If you want to use TLS using your own certificates, set tls-listener to :443, force-https, tls-cert-file and tls-private-key.

## Development

Switched to GO111MODULE

bash go run main.go --provider=local --listener :8080 --temp-path=/tmp/ --basedir=/tmp/

## Build

bash $ git clone git@github.com:dutchcoders/transfer.sh.git $ cd transfer.sh $ go build -o transfersh main.go

## Docker

For easy deployment, we've created an official Docker container. There are two variants, differing only by which user runs the process.

The default one will run as `root`:

bash docker run --publish 8080:8080 dutchcoders/transfer.sh:latest --provider local --basedir /tmp/

The one tagged with the suffix `-noroot` will use `5000` as both UID and GID:

bash docker run --publish 8080:8080 dutchcoders/transfer.sh:latest-noroot --provider local --basedir /tmp/

### Building the Container
You can also build the container yourself. This allows you to choose which UID/GID will be used, e.g. when using NFS mounts:

bash

Build arguments:

* RUNAS: If empty, the container will run as root.

Set this to anything to enable UID/GID selection.

* PUID: UID of the process. Needs RUNAS != "". Defaults to 5000.

* PGID: GID of the process. Needs RUNAS != "". Defaults to 5000.

docker build -t transfer.sh-noroot --build-arg RUNAS=doesntmatter --build-arg PUID=1337 --build-arg PGID=1338 .

## S3 Usage

For the usage with a AWS S3 Bucket, you just need to specify the following options:
- provider `--provider s3`
- aws-access-key _(either via flag or environment variable `AWS_ACCESS_KEY`)_
- aws-secret-key _(either via flag or environment variable `AWS_SECRET_KEY`)_
- bucket _(either via flag or environment variable `BUCKET`)_
- s3-region _(either via flag or environment variable `S3_REGION`)_

If you specify the s3-region, you don't need to set the endpoint URL since the correct endpoint will used automatically.

### Custom S3 providers

To use a custom non-AWS S3 provider, you need to specify the endpoint as defined from your cloud provider.

## Storj Network Provider

To use the Storj Network as a storage provider you need to specify the following flags:
- provider `--provider storj`
- storj-access _(either via flag or environment variable STORJ_ACCESS)_
- storj-bucket _(either via flag or environment variable STORJ_BUCKET)_

### Creating Bucket and Scope

You need to create an access grant (or copy it from the uplink configuration) and a bucket in preparation.

To get started, log in to your account and go to the Access Grant Menu and start the Wizard on the upper right.

Enter your access grant name of choice, hit *Next* and restrict it as necessary/preferred.
Afterwards continue either in CLI or within the Browser. Next, you'll be asked for a Passphrase used as Encryption Key.
**Make sure to save it in a safe place. Without it, you will lose the ability to decrypt your files!**

Afterwards, you can copy the access grant and then start the startup of the transfer.sh endpoint. 
It is recommended to provide both the access grant and the bucket name as ENV Variables for enhanced security.

Example:

export STORJ_BUCKET= export STORJ_ACCESS= transfer.sh --provider storj

## Google Drive Usage

For the usage with Google drive, you need to specify the following options:
- provider
- gdrive-client-json-filepath
- gdrive-local-config-path
- basedir

### Creating Gdrive Client Json

You need to create an OAuth Client id from console.cloud.google.com, download the file, and place it into a safe directory.

### Usage example

go run main.go --provider gdrive --basedir /tmp/ --gdrive-client-json-filepath /[credential_dir] --gdrive-local-config-path [directory_to_save_config] ```

Shell functions

Bash, ash and zsh (multiple files uploaded as zip archive)

Add this to .bashrc or .zshrc or its equivalent

transfer() (if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then printf "No arguments specified.\nUsage:\n transfer <file|directory>\n ... | transfer <file_name>\n">&2; return 1; fi; file_name=$(basename "$1"); if [ -t 0 ]; then file="$1"; if [ ! -e "$file" ]; then echo "$file: No such file or directory">&2; return 1; fi; if [ -d "$file" ]; then cd "$file" || return 1; file_name="$file_name.zip"; set -- zip -r -q - .; else set -- cat "$file"; fi; else set -- cat; fi; url=$("$@" | curl --silent --show-error --progress-bar --upload-file "-" "https://transfer.sh/$file_name"); echo "$url"; )

Now you can use transfer function

$ transfer hello.txt

Bash and zsh (with delete url, delete token output and prompt before uploading)

Add this to .bashrc or .zshrc or its equivalent

Expand

```bash transfer() { local file declare -a file_array file_array=("${@}") if [[ "${file_array[@]}" == "" || "${1}" == "--help" || "${1}" == "-h" ]] then echo "${0} - Upload arbitrary files to \"transfer.sh\"." echo "" echo "Usage: ${0} [options] []..." echo "" echo "OPTIONS:" echo " -h, --help" echo " show this message" echo "" echo "EXAMPLES:" echo " Upload a single file from the current working directory:" echo " ${0} \"image.img\"" echo "" echo " Upload multiple files from the current working directory:" echo " ${0} \"image.img\" \"image2.img\"" echo "" echo " Upload a file from a different directory:" echo " ${0} \"/tmp/some_file\"" echo "" echo " Upload all files from the current working directory. Be aware of the webserver's rate limiting!:" echo " ${0} *" echo "" echo " Upload a single file from the current working directory and filter out the delete token and download link:" echo " ${0} \"image.img\" | awk --field-separator=\": \" '/Delete token:/ { print \$2 } /Download link:/ { print \$2 }'" echo "" echo " Show help text from \"transfer.sh\":" echo " curl --request GET \"https://transfer.sh\"" return 0 else for file in "${file_array[@]}" do if [[ ! -f "${file}" ]] then echo -e "\e[01;31m'${file}' could not be found or is not a file.\e[0m" >&2 return 1 fi done unset file fi local upload_files local curl_output local awk_output du -c -k -L "${file_array[@]}" >&2 # be compatible with "bash" if [[ "${ZSH_NAME}" == "zsh" ]] then read $'upload_files?\e[01;31mDo you really want to upload the above files ('"${#file_array[@]}"$') to "transfer.sh"? (Y/n): \e[0m' elif [[ "${BASH}" == *"bash"* ]] then read -p $'\e[01;31mDo you really want to upload the above files ('"${#file_array[@]}"$') to "transfer.sh"? (Y/n): \e[0m' upload_files fi case "${upload_files:-y}" in "y"|"Y") # for the sake of the progress bar, execute "curl" for each file. # the parameters "--include" and "--form" will suppress the progress bar. for file in "${file_array[@]}" do # show delete link and filter out the delete token from the response header after upload. # it is important to save "curl's" "stdout" via a subshell to a variable or redirect it to another command, # which just redirects to "stdout" in order to have a sane output afterwards. # the progress bar is redirected to "stderr" and is only displayed, # if "stdout" is redirected to something; e.g. ">/dev/null", "tee /dev/null" or "| ". # the response header is redirected to "stdout", so redirecting "stdout" to "/dev/null" does not make any sense. # redirecting "curl's" "stderr" to "stdout" ("2>&1") will suppress the progress bar. curl_output=$(curl --request PUT --progress-bar --dump-header - --upload-file "${file}" "https://transfer.sh/") awk_output=$(awk \ 'gsub("\r", "", $0) && tolower($1) ~ /x-url-delete/ \ { delete_link=$2; print "Delete command: curl --request DELETE " "\""delete_link"\""; gsub(".*/", "", delete_link); delete_token=delete_link; print "Delete token: " delete_token; } END{ print "Download link: " $0; }' <<< "${curl_output}") # return the results via "stdout", "awk" does not do this for some reason. echo -e "${awk_output}\n" # avoid rate limiting as much as possible; nginx: too many requests. if (( ${#file_array[@]} > 4 )) then sleep 5 fi done ;; "n"|"N") return 1 ;; *) echo -e "\e[01;31mWrong input: '${upload_files}'.\e[0m" >&2 return 1 esac } ```

Sample output

$ ls -lh
total 20M
-rw-r--r-- 1 <some_username> <some_username> 10M Apr  4 21:08 image.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 <some_username> <some_username> 10M Apr  4 21:08 image2.img
$ transfer image*
10240K  image2.img
10240K  image.img
20480K  total
Do you really want to upload the above files (2) to "transfer.sh"? (Y/n):
######################################################################################################################################################################################################################################## 100.0%
Delete command: curl --request DELETE "https://transfer.sh/wJw9pz/image2.img/mSctGx7pYCId"
Delete token: mSctGx7pYCId
Download link: https://transfer.sh/wJw9pz/image2.img

######################################################################################################################################################################################################################################## 100.0%
Delete command: curl --request DELETE "https://transfer.sh/ljJc5I/image.img/nw7qaoiKUwCU"
Delete token: nw7qaoiKUwCU
Download link: https://transfer.sh/ljJc5I/image.img

$ transfer "image.img" | awk --field-separator=": " '/Delete token:/ { print $2 } /Download link:/ { print $2 }'
10240K  image.img
10240K  total
Do you really want to upload the above files (1) to "transfer.sh"? (Y/n):
######################################################################################################################################################################################################################################## 100.0%
tauN5dE3fWJe
https://transfer.sh/MYkuqn/image.img

Contributions

Contributions are welcome.

Creators

Remco Verhoef

• https://twitter.com/remco_verhoef
• https://twitter.com/dutchcoders

Uvis Grinfelds

Maintainer

Andrea Spacca

Stefan Benten

Copyright and License

Code and documentation copyright 2011-2018 Remco Verhoef. Code and documentation copyright 2018-2020 Andrea Spacca. Code and documentation copyright 2020- Andrea Spacca and Stefan Benten.

Code released under the MIT license.