ShowHN: GetURL - A CLI tool to get a public link for any file • Hacker News Board

    cp file_name ~/Projects/2012/ajf.me/ajf.me/imagedump/ && cd ~/Projects/2012/ajf.me/ajf.me/ && git add imagedump && git commit -m 'new file' && cd .. && ./update.sh

Elaborate, sure, but it does the job. update.sh runs git push and then does an SSH into my server and a git pull. (Because I'm too lazy to actually set up git on my own server)

Re: ShowHN: GetURL - A CLI tool to get a public link for any file

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Post by lttlrck » Mon, Oct 01, 2012, 9:08 PM UTC

This is awesome, it actually makes filepicker.io useful for me. My main use-case for Dropbox has turned out to be for this kind of sharing... geturl is waaaaaay easier.

Re: ShowHN: GetURL - A CLI tool to get a public link for any file

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Post by chefsurfing » Mon, Oct 01, 2012, 9:38 PM UTC

uams wrote: post #2

Something I threw together over the weekend. I've been using filepicker on a website of mine. Realized that I could hack it to upload and share files in a simple tool. Inspired by cloudApp, when I found myself wanting a command line version.

Well done! Also you deserve a big thanks from Filepicker.io - this is great inbound marketing for them.

Re: ShowHN: GetURL - A CLI tool to get a public link for any file

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Oct 01, 2012, 9:38 PM UTC

uams wrote: post #2

Something I threw together over the weekend. I've been using filepicker on a website of mine. Realized that I could hack it to upload and share files in a simple tool. Inspired by cloudApp, when I found myself wanting a command line version.

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Re: ShowHN: GetURL - A CLI tool to get a public link for any file

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Post by teach » Mon, Oct 01, 2012, 9:59 PM UTC

nyan_sandwich wrote: post #7

Another: cat file | curl -F 'sprunge=

Does sprunge work for non-textual data?

Re: ShowHN: GetURL - A CLI tool to get a public link for any file

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Post by cleverjake » Mon, Oct 01, 2012, 10:19 PM UTC

teach wrote: post #17

nyan_sandwich wrote: post #7

Another: cat file | curl -F 'sprunge=

Does sprunge work for non-textual data?

no it doesnt.

Re: ShowHN: GetURL - A CLI tool to get a public link for any file

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Post by grakic » Mon, Oct 01, 2012, 10:54 PM UTC

What about storage usage?

  > To make it easier to get started, if you haven't
  > put in your S3 credentials we will store them on
  > our servers, but as your usage increases we will
  > ask you to move to your own storage.

Re: ShowHN: GetURL - A CLI tool to get a public link for any file

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Post by hk_kh » Mon, Oct 01, 2012, 11:13 PM UTC

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #13

Since I have web hosting and use GitHub, here's my method: cp file_name ~/Projects/2012/ajf.me/ajf.me/imagedump/ && cd ~/Projects/2012/ajf.me/ajf.me/ && git add imagedump && git commit -m 'new file' && cd .. && ./update.sh Elaborate, sure, but it does the job. update.sh runs git push and then does an SSH into my server and a git pull. (Because I'm too lazy to actually set up git on my own server)

Setting up your own git server is pretty easy, in fact, trivial with ssh + authorized_keys

I could refer you to any tutorial, but I am feeling lazy too, so here, an easy guide:

-- On the server --

1. create an account, call it "git", or "dog"

2. disable shell access for that account in /etc/passwd

   - /bin/false

3. enter that account, and set up a bare git repo:

   - mkdir myrepo.git

   - git init --bare myrepo.git

4. add your public key(s) to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on "git" or "dog" account

-- On your client(s) --

1. Clone the repo

   - git clone git@your_server:myrepo.git

   - dog@...

Ready to go. You can even use git hooks to automate the pull.