quickserve - easy ad-hoc file sharing

Xyne · 2010-01-16 11:43:41

@toad
Something else is already running on that address:port. I've added an exception to make that clearer. I'm not sure why the validity check failed. I've just uploaded a new version so try again with "-Sy quickserve" to refresh the database first.

toad · 2010-01-16 11:57:49

Cheers Xyne,

done it but I still get the exception.

==> Retrieving Sources...
-> Found quickserve-2.5.tar.gz in build dir
==> Validating source files with md5sums...
quickserve-2.5.tar.gz ... FAILED
==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check!
Error: Makepkg was unable to build quickserve package.

I did yaourt -Sy quickserve...

And thanks for the help flag

Xyne · 2010-01-16 12:30:38

I've just tested it with the current AUR version. It works here. I might have repackaged the source files for the old version without updating the PKGBUILD, which would then have an incorrect md5sum.

Anyway, try it again, it should work.

toad · 2010-01-16 12:55:24

Nope, I'm sorry, I still get:

==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check!

I've cleared the cache completely with pacman -Scc beforehand. What else could be at fault?

Mo · 2010-01-19 21:44:11

It would be cool to browse the shared directory recursively.
Anyway, great script .

Xyne · 2010-01-20 07:56:02

@toad
I have no idea, sorry. Are you still getting the issue? Post the PKGBUILD that you're using if you are.

Mo wrote:

It would be cool to browse the shared directory recursively.

What do you mean, exactly?

Mo · 2010-01-20 12:00:39

Xyne wrote:

Mo wrote:
It would be cool to browse the shared directory recursively.
What do you mean, exactly?

When I share a directory which includes sub-directories, I can enter them and download files from them.
Another neat feature would be an option to download everything as a zip- (or whatever) archive.

Xyne · 2010-01-20 12:38:23

Mo wrote:

Xyne wrote:
Mo wrote:
It would be cool to browse the shared directory recursively.
What do you mean, exactly?
When I share a directory which includes sub-directories, I can enter them and download files from them.

It does that.

Mo wrote:

Another neat feature would be an option to download everything as a zip- (or whatever) archive.

That's moving into the not-so-simple realm. This isn't meant to be a full-fledged web server for all possible web server needs, just a quick way to share files. If you want to offer a zipped/tarballed/whatever directory, just create the archive and share that. Adding code to check for compression tools and extra options to enable them just isn't worth it.

Mo · 2010-01-20 12:44:09

Xyne wrote:

It does that.

OK, than maybe I did something wrong...

Xyne wrote:

That's moving into the not-so-simple realm. This isn't meant to be a full-fledged web server for all possible web server needs, just a quick way to share files. If you want to offer a zipped/tarballed/whatever directory, just create the archive and share that. Adding code to check for compression tools and extra options to enable them just isn't worth it.

OK, KISS.. you're right .

Xyne · 2010-01-20 12:59:09

Mo wrote:

OK, than maybe I did something wrong...

It should work by simply specifying a directory. Try this, replacing "me" with your user and using "-b localhost" for security reasons:

quickserve -b localhost /home/me

You should see the directory when you navigate to http://localhost:8080/ and then be able to recurse into its hierarchy. If not, check the terminal that you ran quickserve in for errors and post them along with a description of what you saw when you navigated to that url.

Make sure that you have the latest version too, in case this was due to a transient bug in an older version.

Last edited by Xyne (2010-01-20 13:00:04)

jarda-wien · 2010-01-20 14:20:15

hey Xyne, I think your effort is absolutely GREAT. Do you think there may be an easy way to allow uploads as well? maybe one would need ftp for that...

the problem I am facing with quickly sharing files is that I usually find a way to send files to someone (the search is over with quickshare:D), but I still need a way for other people to send files to me. They are mostly icq contacts with no knowledge whatsoever, so I am the one who has to implement this...

I have been running a full-fledged pureftpd for this, but an easier sollution would be nice.

Ape · 2010-01-20 14:33:17

jarda-wien wrote:

Do you think there may be an easy way to allow uploads as well?

I agree that uploads would be a useful feature. And it is possible to upload files using HTML forms and HTTP. Maybe quickserve should create a such form that would allow uploading files to the target directory.

Xyne · 2010-01-20 19:17:08

Ok, I've added support for uploads using the option "--upload <upload directory>". If this option is given, a link named "[Upload]" will appear next to the "[Back]" link which will load a page with an upload form. The user can choose how many files to upload using the "[More]" and "[Fewer]" links.

The upload directory is not shared by default.

I've also added a "--no-clobber" option which will append numbers to uploaded files to prevent uploaded files from overwriting existing ones.

I might add the following:
*) option to create a unique subdirectory per uploader, perhaps using a hashed IP address as a unique identifier
*) option to set the size limit of the upload directory

I hesitate to add them because quickserve isn't meant to be a robust public server which requires such controls.

Mo · 2010-01-20 21:46:05

Xyne wrote:

Mo wrote:
OK, than maybe I did something wrong...
It should work by simply specifying a directory. Try this, replacing "me" with your user and using "-b localhost" for security reasons:
quickserve -b localhost /home/me
You should see the directory when you navigate to http://localhost:8080/ and then be able to recurse into its hierarchy. If not, check the terminal that you ran quickserve in for errors and post them along with a description of what you saw when you navigated to that url.
Make sure that you have the latest version too, in case this was due to a transient bug in an older version.

I _did_ something wrong.
Works like a charm .

EDIT: I got the bug: In case the name of the shared directory contains a whitespace, I doesn't work.

mo ~: quickserve a\ b/
starting Quickserve...
  port:    8080
  serving:
    /home/mo/a b
('xx.xx.xx.xx', 35177)
isp.bla - - [20/Jan/2010 22:58:19] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 -
('xx.xx.xx.xx', 35178)
isp.bla - - [20/Jan/2010 22:58:24] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 -

The directory "a b" contains another directory called "c". However, when I click on "a b" in my browser I am not able to enter the directory.

Last edited by Mo (2010-01-20 22:01:21)

jarda-wien · 2010-01-20 22:44:29

Xyne wrote:

Ok, I've added support for uploads using the option "--upload <upload directory>". If this option is given, a link named "[Upload]" will appear next to the "[Back]" link which will load a page with an upload form. The user can choose how many files to upload using the "[More]" and "[Fewer]" links.

WOW Xyne I didn't expect such a fast reaction! I give you big thanks for what you are doing here.
It works like a charm.

Xyne · 2010-01-21 01:15:28

@Mo
Are you using Firefox? If so, then I think we've just discovered a Firefox bug. It seems that Firefox truncates some requests to "/" if they contain a space and no trailing "/*", e.g. it will pass on "/a b/" and "/a b/foo" but not "/a b". I tested this with curl and lynx and quickserve correctly returned the expected html. A quick search found some firefox bug report about security issues involving spaces in URLs and I suspect that whatever solution they implemented for that might have led to this. It seems to be related to local file detection too, because when I created "a b", it would not pass that on, but it would pass on "a c". Strangely though, it would still refuse to pass on "a b" after I had rename the directory to "foo bar" (which it would then no longer pass on, although it would pass on "foo ba", and "foo barr").

tl;dr: problem was due to Firefox weirdness

I managed to work around it by adding trailing slashes to the different navigation links. Files seems to work as expected.

@all
Thanks for all the feedback.

Last edited by Xyne (2010-01-21 01:16:23)

Mo · 2010-01-21 07:58:38

Xyne wrote:

I managed to work around it by adding trailing slashes to the different navigation links. Files seems to work as expected.

So you mean that navigating directly to "http://localhost:8080/a b/" should work? If yes, it doesn't...

Xyne · 2010-01-21 11:02:53

Are you using Firefox?
If yes, does it work with curl/lynx/anything else?
Can you follow the link from "http://localhost:8080/"?
Which version of quickserve are you using?

Mo · 2010-01-21 19:20:40

Xyne wrote:

Are you using Firefox?
If yes, does it work with curl/lynx/anything else?
Can you follow the link from "http://localhost:8080/"?
Which version of quickserve are you using?

Nevermind. I built v3.1 but I forgot to install it...
Works now .
Thanks!

elstupidos · 2010-01-22 19:33:49

This is pretty awesome and very useful..

Thanks Xyne!

cool · 2010-01-24 19:38:17

An Additional use I found of this application is Audio Video Streaming. as this essentially is a http server.you can stream Movies,Songs across the your network.

*Use VLC.
* Goto Open Media --> Open Network
* enter the exact URL from address bar of your browser of the file you want to stream.note: it should a file, not a directory;)
* Click "Play"

It plays Videos perfectly But sadly seek does not work:|

Last edited by cool (2010-01-24 19:39:04)

cool · 2010-01-24 19:54:45

One Feature Request:
In Upload mode,
Please add couple of more upload form, so multiple items can uploaded at the same time. it would save us lot of time.

Like this:
http://www.imagebam.com/

jac · 2010-01-24 20:23:20

cool wrote:

In Upload mode,
Please add couple of more upload form, so multiple items can uploaded at the same time. it would save us lot of time.

Xyne wrote:

The user can choose how many files to upload using the "[More]" and "[Fewer]" links.

Does that not work?

Xyne · 2010-01-25 11:05:19

@cool

Just click on [More] to get more upload fields.

tri1976 · 2010-01-25 18:47:15

If the server is running, can you add more file/directory to it? I tried and it gave me an error "address already in use". I can start another server on a different port but it's somewhat inconvenient. If I run the command in the background (&), how do I stop the server? There is no quickserve process, do I just killall python? One minor request, can you add verification if the share existed before start sharing? For example, quickserve /tmp/somefile, make sure /tmp/somefile existed before serving /tmp/somefile

BTW, great tools....thanks for this app and powerpill, bauerbill, etc.

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