file-transfer block

Block to simplify sending and receiving files from your balena device

Setup and configuration

Use this as standalone with the button below:

Or add the following service to your docker-compose.yml:

version: "2.1"
volumes:
  files:
services:
  file-transfer:
    restart: always
    image: ghcr.io/rcooke-warwick/file-transfer:latest
    volumes:
      - 'files:/data'
    ports:
      - "80:3000"

If you want to use a webserver exposing a public facing page, you will need to remove the exposed port 80

Documentation

This block has 2 endpoints, to allow you to send and receive files to and from a balena device. You must make sure that any service that you want to use with this block shares the files volume with it.

Downloading files from device

To download files from your device using this block, move the files you want to retrieve into the download directory in the files volume. You can then retreive a .tar.gz archive with all files in this volume using the /download endpoint of the block, for example:

curl DEVICE_URL/download --output files.tar.gz

Uploading files to your device

To send files to the device, you must first create a .tar.gz archive with these files, for example:

tar -czvf files.tar.gz FOLDER_TO_UPLOAD/

then make a POST to the /upload endpoint:

curl -X POST --data-binary @file.tar.gz DEVICE_URL/upload

Your files will then be available in the upload directory of the files volume.

Getting Help

If you're having any problem, please raise an issue on GitHub and we will be happy to help.

License

balenablock-template is free software, and may be redistributed under the terms specified in the license.