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

The service at transfersh.com is of unknown origin and reported as cloud malware.

Usage

Upload:

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

Encrypt & Upload:

$ cat /tmp/hello.txt|gpg -ac -o-|curl -X PUT --upload-file "-" https://transfer.sh/test.txt

Download & Decrypt:

$ curl https://transfer.sh/1lDau/test.txt|gpg -o- > /tmp/hello.txt

Upload to Virustotal:

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

Deleting

$ curl -X DELETE <X-Url-Delete Response Header URL>

Request Headers

Max-Downloads

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

Max-Days

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

Response Headers

X-Url-Delete

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

curl -sD - --upload-file ./hello https://transfer.sh/hello.txt | grep 'X-Url-Delete'
X-Url-Delete: https://transfer.sh/hello.txt/BAYh0/hello.txt/PDw0NHPcqU

Examples

See good usage examples on 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
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

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

Build

$ 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:

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:

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:

# 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
• aws-access-key
• aws-secret-key
• bucket
• 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=<BUCKET NAME>
export STORJ_ACCESS=<ACCESS GRANT>
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 and zsh (multiple files uploaded as zip archive)

Add this to .bashrc or .zshrc or its equivalent

transfer(){ if [ $# -eq 0 ];then echo "No arguments specified.\nUsage:\n transfer <file|directory>\n ... | transfer <file_name>">&2;return 1;fi;if tty -s;then file="$1";file_name=$(basename "$file");if [ ! -e "$file" ];then echo "$file: No such file or directory">&2;return 1;fi;if [ -d "$file" ];then file_name="$file_name.zip" ,;(cd "$file"&&zip -r -q - .)|curl --progress-bar --upload-file "-" "https://transfer.sh/$file_name"|tee /dev/null,;else cat "$file"|curl --progress-bar --upload-file "-" "https://transfer.sh/$file_name"|tee /dev/null;fi;else file_name=$1;curl --progress-bar --upload-file "-" "https://transfer.sh/$file_name"|tee /dev/null;fi;}

Now you can use transfer function

$ transfer hello.txt

Zsh (with delete url outpu)

Add this to .zshrc or its equivalent

transfer()
{
    local file="${1}"
    local filename="${file##*/}"
    # show delete link from the response header after upload. the command "sed" is necessary to clean up the output, "gsub()" in "awk" does not work.
    curl --request PUT --progress-bar --dump-header - --upload-file "${file}" "https://transfer.sh/${filename}" | sed "s/#//g" | awk '/x-url-delete/ { print "Delete command: curl --request DELETE " $2 } END{ print "Download link: " $1 }'
}

Sample ouput

$ transfer image.img
######################################################################################################################################################################################################################################## 100.0%
Delete command: curl --request DELETE https://transfer.sh/Ge9cuW/image.img/<some_delete_token>
Download link: https://transfer.sh/Ge9cuW/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.