Nextcloud Transfer

transfer

#!/bin/bash

# transfer
#
# Uses curl to send files to a Nextcloud folder
# and creates a share link in the command line.
#
# Usage: transfer <file>
# Help:  transfer -h
#
# Fork from:
# Gustavo Arnosti Neves
# https://gist.github.com/tavinus/93bdbc051728748787dc22a58dfe58d8

CLOUDURL="<cloud.example.com>"
USER="<admin>"
PASS="<mypassword>"
FOLDER="Share"
PUBSUFFIX="remote.php/webdav"
SHARES_ENDPOINT="ocs/v2.php/apps/files_sharing/api/v1/shares"
HEADER='OCS-APIRequest: true'
INSECURE=''

initError() {
        printf "%s\n" "Init Error! $1" >&2
        printf "%s\n" "Try: $0 --help" >&2
        exit 1
}

usage() {
        printf "\n%s%s\n" "Parameters:" "
  -h | --help      Print this help and exits
  -k | --insecure  Uses curl with -k option (https insecure)"
        printf "%s\n" "Script Location: $0"
        printf "\n%s\n%s\n\n" "Use:" "  transfer <filepath>"
        exit 0
}

# Process parameters
if [ "$1" = "-h" ] || [ "$1" = "--help" ]; then
        usage
fi

if [ "$1" = "-k" ] || [ "$1" = "--insecure" ]; then
        INSECURE=' -k'
        printf "%s\n" " > Insecure mode ON"
        shift
fi

# Validate input
FILENAME="$1"

if [ ! -f "$FILENAME" ]; then
        initError "Invalid input file: $FILENAME"
fi

if [ -z "$CLOUDURL" ]; then
        initError "Empty URL! Nowhere to send..."
fi

# Check for curl
CURLBIN='/usr/bin/curl'
if [ ! -x "$CURLBIN" ]; then
        CURLBIN="$(which curl 2>/dev/null)"
        if [ ! -x "$CURLBIN" ]; then
                initError "No curl found on system!"
        fi
fi

# Send file
# Write output to tmpfile in order to make the progress-bar work
TMPFILE=$( mktemp -t transferXXX )
"$CURLBIN"$INSECURE -X PUT --progress-bar -u $USER:$PASS "https://$CLOUDURL/$PUBSUFFIX/$FOLDER/$FILENAME" -T "$FILENAME" >> "$TMPFILE"
rm -f $TMPFILE

# Share the uploaded file and print the created link
xml=$("$CURLBIN" -sS -X POST -H "$HEADER" --data "path=/$FOLDER/$FILENAME&shareType=3" -u $USER:$PASS https://$CLOUDURL/$SHARES_ENDPOINT)
url=$(echo "$xml" | grep -e 'url' | awk -F">" '{print $2}' | awk -F"<" '{print $1}')

echo "$url"

transfer

Download the file into your user binary directory and make sure that its executable with chmod +x transfer.
Open the file and update

CLOUDURL="<cloud.example.com>"
USER="<admin>"
PASS="<mypassword>"

with your Nextcloud base URL and your own credentials.

Remember that you may have to create an app token in your Nextcloud security settings!