I find myself often having to transfer a random files from another person’s device to mine. Existing file sharing solutions aren’t exactly ideal because they either require me to remember a very long URL (file shares), or requiring me to log in on others’ device (cloud). I’m wondering if there’s a program where anyone can upload files, but can only be viewed and downloaded from the server by authenticated users. I understand it’s not wise to accept files from unauthenticated users, but it would be so damn convenient. If there isn’t one, I suppose that would be my next project.
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What’s the context in which you’re needing to share files?
My first thought is host your own FTP server and send people credentials to log into it with and upload.
I am a teaching assistant, and occasionally people ask me why their code isn’t working. I take it to my device so they can continue their work whilst I figure out the issue. I want to minimise the uploading complexity, and the time it takes to upload one.
If it’s code, would a private pastebin work for you?
Is a server a requirement? I haven’t tried myself but localsend (p2p) comes to mind.
It would be desirable, as I don’t have to be prepared whenever someone starts sending a file, but I suppose I can live without it. Thank you for the suggestion!
If you’re on the same network, take a look at snapdrop. It’s basically cross platform AirDrop.
Looks like the project is dead…
I’m sure there’s a decent fork. Read the code; there’s not much to it!
NextCloud allows you to share a folder but for upload only.
There’s PairDrop. It might have what you need. It’s for transferring files rather than uploading and then downloading later. You could get creative with authentication. Maybe put files in an encrypted archive file.
I’ll have to see if it works in my environment, but otherwise it looks cool! Thank you.
Certainly!
I’ve never used this one, but it could also work for you.
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I really like using Gokapi for this, like your own file paste bin to throw between PCs or send to people. Upload via link is development as well. https://github.com/Forceu/Gokapi
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