Sendme

A simple server app to receive a file over the local network from a dumb device or a user via an HTTP form.

Usecase

This app aims to solve sending files over the local network. This is useful because:

doesn't rely on services on the internet
is usually faster because the transfer goes just through the local router, not across the world
doesn't use data from your mobile data plan
works in remote areas where there might be little to no connectivity to the internet
no advanced tools such as ssh, rsync, etc. are needed on the sender side

for example:

quickly receive a large file from your phone
receive a file where there is slow internet or no internet at all

How

Alice - clone repo git clone git@github.com:martin-kokos/sendme.git, enter project cd sendme, install dependencies poetry install
Alice - start the server ./start_receiver.sh
Bob - go to the URL presented on Alice's computers. Select the file to uplad and click Upload file
Alice can see on her screen a file has been received and where it's been saved

Tips

To do the opposite and "push" a file to a dumb device, use the pytohn buit-in python -m http.server.
Use a phone's hotspot to join two computers on a local network. Because the transfer happens locally, mobile data plan is not being used up.
Send the file with cURL curl -X 'POST' 'http://ip_address:9999/' -H 'accept: application/json' -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' -F 'file=@/path/file'