PasteFile 📁 📥

The service provides a convenient and efficient way to share files. The code includes the server API and CLI client tool, encompassing everything you need to create your own instance.

Feature highlights

Basic Authentication
File Expiration
Burn After Reading
Large File Support
QR code Generator
Command Line Interface
ChaCha20-Poly1305 Encryption
Built-in TLS Server
Flexible Length URL

Run API Service Locally

# Clone the project
$ git clone https://github.com/robatipoor/pf

# Build the project
$ cargo build --bin pf-api --release

# Run the backend on address 127.0.0.1:8080
$ ./target/release/pf-api --settings api/settings/base.toml

# Alternatively, Run backend with cargo
$ cargo run --bin pf-api

Run API Service via Docker

# Pull the image from the github registry and run container
$ docker run --name pf-api --rm -p 8080:8080 -d ghcr.io/robatipoor/pf-api:latest

# Alternatively, build your own Docker image.
$ docker build -t pf-api:latest -f api/Dockerfile .

# Run Docker container on address localhost:8080
$ docker run --name pf-api --rm -p 8080:8080 -d pf-api:latest

How to Use

# Open it in the default browser.
$ open http://127.0.0.1:8080

# Ping the server.
$ curl -X GET http://127.0.0.1:8080/healthz

# Upload a file and retrieve the corresponding download URL.
$ curl -s -F "file=@{file_name}" 127.0.0.1:8080/upload | jq -r '.url'

# Download a file.
$ curl -o {file_name} http://127.0.0.1:8080/{code}/{file_name}

# Upload a file with basic authentication.
$ curl -u username:password -F "file=@{file_name}" 127.0.0.1:8080/upload

# Download a file with basic authentication.
$ curl -o {file_name} -u username:password http://127.0.0.1:8080/{code}/{file_name}

# Upload a file and then display the QR code.
$ curl -s -F "file=@{file_name}" 127.0.0.1:8080/upload\?qr_code_format=text \
| jq -r '.qr_code' | base64 -d; echo

# Upload a file with an expiration time of 100 seconds (default value specified in settings file).
$ curl -F "file=@{file_name}" 127.0.0.1:8080/upload\?expire_secs=100

# Upload a file with a restriction on the number of downloads.
$ curl -F "file=@{file_name}" 127.0.0.1:8080/upload\?max_download=10

# Upload a file and specify the minimum code length in the URL path as 5 (default value specified in settings file).
$ curl -F "file=@{file_name}" 127.0.0.1:8080/upload\?code_length=5

# Upload a file and prevent manual deletion until expiration.
$ curl -F "file=@{file_name}" 127.0.0.1:8080/upload\?allow_manual_deletion=false

# Get metadata for a file.
$ curl -X GET http://127.0.0.1:8080/info/{code}/{file_name}

# Delete a file.
$ curl -X DELETE http://127.0.0.1:8080/{code}/{file_name}

API settings

# api/settings/base.toml
# Maximum upload size in bytes
max_upload_bytes_size = 1_000_000_000 # 1GB

# Default code length in the url path
default_code_length = 3

# Default expiration time in seconds
default_expire_secs = 7200

# Allow manual deletion of files.
allow_manual_deletion = true

# Server configuration section
[server]
# Communication protocol (e.g., "http" or "https")
schema = "http"

# Host IP address for the server
host = "127.0.0.1"

# Port number for the server
port = 8080

# Domain name URL
domain_name = "localhost:8080"

# Public IP address
public_addr = "192.168.1.1:8080"

# TLS key file path
file_tls_key_path = "key.pem"

# TLS certificate file path
file_tls_cert_path = "cert.pem"

# File system configuration section
[fs]
# Base directory for file system operations
base_dir = "tmp/fs"

# Database configuration section
[db]
# Path directory to the database file
path_dir = "tmp/db"

Override settings with environment variables

export PF__SERVER__PORT=8080
export PF__SERVER__HOST=127.0.0.1

PastFile Command Line Interface

# Install CLI tool
$ cargo install --path cli

# Define an alias in the shell profile for 'pf' with server address
$ alias pf="pf-cli --server-addr http://localhost:8080"

# Copy text content to the server with an expiration time of 10 minutes.
$ echo 'Hello World!' | pf copy --expire "10 minute"

# Paste text content into the file.
$ pf paste --url-path "{code}/{file_name}" > my_file.txt

# Encrypt and upload a file and retrieve the corresponding download URL.
$ pf upload --source-file ~/example-file.txt --key-nonce "{key}:{nonce}" --progress-bar

# Download and decrypt a file.
$ pf download --destination ~/example-dir/ --url-path "{code}/{file_name}" --key-nonce "{key}:{nonce}"

# Upload a file and then display the QR code.
$ pf upload --source-file ~/example-file.txt --output qr-code

# Get metadata for a file.
$ pf info --url-path "{code}/{file_name}"

# Delete a file.
$ pf delete --url-path "{code}/{file_name}"

Run tests

# Execute all test projects.
$ ./test

Check code formatting and typo at commit time

$ cp ./scripts/git-hooks/* ./.git/hooks/

License

Licensed under either of

MIT license (LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

Contributing

Contributors are welcome, please fork and send pull requests! If you find a bug or have any ideas on how to improve this project please submit an issue.

See CONTRIBUTING.md.