Quickly transfer files from your terminal to your phone.
instant-file-transfer foo.jpg
Spins up an express server that will serve the file and output a QR code with that will link to the server, triggering a download of the file when scanned by your phone.
Directory support is here! Invoke it via passing the current directory as the input. ift ./
-p
Set the port to use for the server, will default to 8080 if nothing is passed.
-s
Use a smaller QR code, useful if you (like me) use a quake style terminal with limited vertical height
-l
New in 2.0.0 - using a -l flag will instead generate a traditional QR code to a given URL. This will skip the web-server, and can also be used with -s. For example, to generate a small QR code link to my github profile:
ift -l https://github.com/maximumdata -s
ift is made available as an alias for instant-file-transfer
Your phone must be on the same wifi network as the computer you are serving the file from, or must otherwise be able to access that computer's local IP.