httpShare

Simple script to share a folder over http. Use it to share files with your phone or an other computer.

This script is a wrapper for SimpleHTTPServer python module. It generates the share URL and a qr code for you.

Installation

Ubuntu

Create a bin folder in your home directory and copy src/httpShare in it. Make sure the file has write permissions.

$ sudo apt-get install python-qrcode
$ cd /tmp
$ git clone https://github.com/perpernorbi/httpShare.git
$ mkdir ~/bin
$ cp httpShare/src/httpShare ~/bin/httpShare
$ chmod 775 ~/bin/httpShare

Other systems

I don't know. Try the steps above. In case that is not working, feel free to send me the solution :).

Give it a first try

After the installation, reopen your terminal (or source your .bashrc) . Enter a directory you would like to share and issue the following command.

$ httpShare -i <network interface>

Replace with the name of the network interface you use. You can stop sharing by pressing CTRL+C.

Configuration

HttpShare can be configured with configuration files, environment variables and command line parameters. The script has two options to be set

• Interface: The script gets the IP address of this interface and use it for the URL and qr code generation
• Port: The HTTP server will listen on this port

Configuration files

HttpShare tries to read two configuration files. In order, they are /etc/httpShare/config and ${HOME}/.config/httpShare/config. These files should contain lines with the usual KEY=value format.

Example

INTERFACE=wlan0
PORT=8000

Environment variables

Interface and port settings may be overwritten with the following environment variables: HTTPSHARE_INTERFACE and HTTPSHARE_PORT

Command line parameters

Command line parameters have the highest priority. HttpShare accepts the following parameters:

• -i or --interface
• -p or --port