Web share (without internet)

[jerryn70]

Having a web share option (without internet) in this app is good feature to send files to others those who don't have localsend app installed on their phone .

Currently we have to force other's to install localsend app on their device to send file. With this feature that problem will be solved. There is an app called 'sharex' on fdroid with this feature you can check it out for reference.

[yurenchen000]

https://github.com/localsend/protocol/blob/284d95af/README.md#3-file-transfer-http

I guess with current protocol,
browser can upload(send) file to localsend app easily.(just little web page, and manually input app address)

but is unable to download(receive) file yet

[Tienisto]

This feature is planned for the next release v1.9.0. Maybe in a few weeks but it depends how much time I have

[septs]

Compatibility with snapdrop¹ is a possible low-cost solution

https://github.com/RobinLinus/snapdrop/blob/master/server/index.js

Footnotes

1. https://snapdrop.net ↩

[Tienisto]

@septs Isn't SnapDrop using WebRTC?

[yurenchen000]

yes,
It (the webRTC that snapdrop has based on) need a common p2p server for peer-to-peer discover.

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I have also considered using webrtc for p2p communication in web pages.
But it relies on a p2p server pre-specified on both clients.

Seems inconvenient to implement on a network without internet.

[Tienisto]

We don't need p2p discover when the file transfer only happens in one direction. This avoids problems where one client has no permission to start a HTTP server.

[Tienisto]

@yurenchen000 Yes, WebRTC is the reason why LocalSend has been created. I wanted a solution where you don't need any external server.

[yurenchen000]

yes,
that's why we are here 😂

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It seems that the negotiation server in the WebRTC protocol cannot be omitted,
Even if both parties can guess the peer address.

(I'm not quite sure,
I just roughly flipped through the communication steps and demo code of WebRTC.

[Tienisto]

Implemented. Will be released in the coming v1.9.0 update.