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NodeUpload

NodeUpload is a Node.JS server application that lets you run your own private file upload service.

NodeUpload Docs

Table of Contents

Section About Section
Server Requests (GET, POST…) to the server
Configuration File (config.json) Gives info about the configuration options available
Strings Gives info about the strings.json file
Sharex Configuration The ShareX configuration instructions

Server

GET /

Returns an upload form if not disabled in configuration file

GET /admin/deletefiles

Headers Required:

Header Content
admintoken <Your Admin Token>

Deletes files in the files directory of NodeUpload

GET /admin/deletetmp

Headers Required:

Header Content
admintoken <Your Admin Token>

Deletes files from the NodeUpload temporary directory (in the operating system’s temporary directory)

POST /upload

Headers OR Fields Required:

Header Content
token <Your Upload Token>

Fields Required:

Fields Content
upload <File>

Uploads a file

Configuration File (config.json)

Name What it is for Default
filenameLength The length of generated file names 6
port What port NodeUpload will run on 8099
indexForm If the upload form on / is shown true
indexFormDisabledMessage The message displayed if the upload form is disabled Hi, this is NodeUpload. The upload form here has been disabled. Change the config file to enable it.
extBlacklist An array of blacklisted file extensions [“.exe”, “.sh”, “.cmd”, “.bat”, “.html”, “.htm”]
ratelimitAfter Number of requests to start ratelimiting after 5
ratelimitTime The window in which the ratelimitAfter limit applies (in milliseconds) 7500
logs.dir The logs directory logs
logs.file The file in the logs directory NodeUpload_log.txt
logs.format The format used by the custom logger {{ time }} | {{ log }} \n

Strings

NodeUpload gives users the option to customise the strings used

String defaults are not given in table below to save space. If you would like the default strings, please use the strings.json file on the NodeUpload GitHub

String Description Template Strings Available*
beforeStartConsole.done Test run N/A
beforeStartConsole.noTMP No temporary directory exists N/A
beforeStartConsole.tmpDirFail Failed to create temporary directory {{err}}
beforeStartConsole.tmpExists Temporary directory already exists N/A
beforeStartConsole.dbConnect Connected to the database N/A
beforeStartConsole.dbNothing Nothing in database N/A
webStrings.ratelimited Ratelimited N/A
webStrings.invalidToken Invalid upload token N/A
webStrings.noFile No file in request N/A
webStrings.blacklisted Blacklisted file extension N/A
webStrings.disabledToken Disabled token used for upload N/A
webStrings.invalidAdmin Invalid admin token N/A
webStrings.filesDel Files deleted N/A
webStrings.tmpDel Temporary files deleted N/A
webStrings.reqNoFile 404 N/A
consoleStrings.ratelimited Ratelimited {{ip}}
consoleStrings.invalidToken Invalid token {{ip}}
consoleStrings.noFile No file in request {{ip}}
consoleStrings.blacklistedExt Blacklisted file extension {{ip}}
consoleStrings.disabledToken Disabled admin token used in request {{ip}}
consoleStrings.reqHome Home page requested {{ip}}
consoleStrings.reqDisabledHome Home page with disabled form requested {{ip}}
consoleStrings.invalidAdmin Invalid admin token {{ip}}
consoleStrings.dirClear Files deleted {{ip}}
consoleStrings.tmpClear Temporary directory cleared {{ip}}
consoleStrings.reqNoFile 404 {{file}}, {{ip}}
consoleStrings.req Request {{file}}, {{ip}}
consoleStrings.ready Ready {{port}}
consoleStrings.uploaded File uploaded {{ip}}, {{file}}, {{token}}
userCreate.userCreate User creation N/A
userCreate.email Email N/A
userCreate.admin Admin token N/A
userCreate.incorrect Invalid option N/A
userCreate.output User creation output {{email}}, {{token}}, {{enabled}}, {{admin}}, {{admintoken}}

*Template strings here refer to what you can use in a string and automatically have it replaced with something else in the NodeUpload code

ShareX Configuration

The ShareX .sxcu file looks like this:

{
  "Name": "NodeUpload",
  "DestinationType": "FileUploader",
  "RequestType": "POST",
  "RequestURL": "YOUR_NODEUPLOAD_URL_HERE/upload",
  "FileFormName": "upload",
  "Headers": {
    "token": "YOUR_UPLOAD_TOKEN_HERE"
  },
  "ResponseType": "Text",
  "URL": "YOUR_NODEUPLOAD_URL_HERE/$json:message$"
}