Add an option to upload file

[link2xt]

If no filename is provided, generate a link to upload form instead, so it is possible to upload a file from phone to the server.

[claudiodangelis]

Hi @labdsf, thanks for the suggestion, someone is already working at this, please follow this thread: Add upload capability #8

[brualan]

I saw PR #8, but the code suggested there does not seem to me good enough. And it's been a while, so there may be problems with the merger.
I would like to have this feature. It seems to me that the best option is to add the "-upload" flag. If the user specified the folder in which the files will be loaded into the arguments, then load it there, otherwise save the received files to "Downloads/qr-filetransfer" or "qr-filetransfer" in the home folder.
Any thoughts?

[claudiodangelis]

I agree that #8 might require some refactoring.

The way I see it:

1. we should name it -receive flag rather than -upload

   it seems more natural to me to run in my terminal

   qr-filetransfer -receive -to /path/to/my/download

   rather than

   qr-filetransfer -upload

   However, I still find it very verbose, maybe we can find a different solution

2. we should add a -to (or -out or -dest or whatever) flag

   In my experience I've never seen a command line program using a default download directory (counter examples are welcome) and, personally, I wouldn't like that too much. I want it to be immediately clear to the user where the received files will be stored

3. as per current PR (Add upload capability #8), the destination argument is the file about to be transfered, I think it should be a directory instead

[brualan]

I agree that the -receive flag looks much clearer than -upload. But pointing the folder via the flag seems too complicated.
I see it like that: if the user did not specify a directory, then the program should output something like

Please specify the directory where the received files will be placed

and finishes the execution.

[claudiodangelis]

I'm CC'ing @twooster and @barryz, author and reviewer of #8, into this thread.

[brualan]

I made some progress. Some work still needs to be done, but you can already enjoy it. Criticism and suggestions are welcome.
https://github.com/brualan/qr-filetransfer

[claudiodangelis]

@brualan thanks for staying on this. Please open a PR so we can review from here.

[claudiodangelis]

The feature has been implemented!

Pass the -receive flag and the path to a directory:

qr-filetransfer -receive ~/Downloads

By scanning the QR you will be prompted with an upload page on your mobile:

And files will be transfered to ~Downloads. Thanks again to @brualan and @twooster for working on this.