ffsend Firefox Send is a command-line client. This article will show Firefox Send and ffsend how it works. Also details how to install and use it in Fedora.
What is Firefox Send and ffsend?
Mozilla Firefox Send is a file-sharing tool, it can send encrypted files to other users. Send you can install on your own server, you can use Mozilla-hosted link send.firefox.com . It supports up to 1GB of files, links in the downloads configurable (default is 1) or 24 hours after expiration, then deletes all files on the sending server. This tool is still in the experimental stage , and therefore should not be used or shared important or sensitive data in production.
Although Firefox Send itself is a tool, and can be used, but the Web ffsend is a script that can be used with command-line parameters and procedures. It has a variety of configuration options, and can work in the background without any human intervention.
How does it work?
ffsend You can upload and download files. Remote hosts can use other tools or Firefox Web browsers to download files. Firefox Send and ffsend do not need to use Firefox.
It is worth mentioning that ffsend uses client-side encryption. This means that files uploaded before being encrypted. A key link in there, so be careful when sharing, because anyone with the link can download the file. As an added protection, you can use the following parameters using the password-protected file:
ffsend password URL -p PASSWORD-p PASSWORDOther functions
There are some other features worth mentioning:
◈ download limit before the link expires configurable, range from between 1-20 times to check or delete history ◈ ◈ ◈ built-extracting and archiving capabilities to track shared files shared files ◈ folders can also be shared as is, or as compressed file sharing ◈ generate QR codes for easy download on the phoneHow to install in Fedora
Although Fedora Send can be installed without the need for additional work in Firefox, but you need to install the CLI tool to use ffsend. This tool is the official repository, so you only need to use the dnf command with sudo .
$ sudo dnf install ffsendsudo dnf install ffsendAfter that you can use in the terminal ffsend.
upload files
Upload files is very simple.
$ ffsend upload /etc/os-release/etc/os-releaseUpload complete completeShare link: https://send.firefox.com/download/05826227d70b9a4b/#RM_HSBq6kuyeBem8Z013mg link: https://send.firefox.com/download/05826227d70b9a4b/#RM_HSBq6kuyeBem8Z013mgYou can now use the "Share link" URL to easily share the file.
download file
Upload and download files as easy.
$ ffsend download https://send.firefox.com/download/05826227d70b9a4b/#RM_HSBq6kuyeBem8Z013mg://send.firefox.com/download/05826227d70b9a4b/#RM_HSBq6kuyeBem8Z013mgDownload complete completeBefore downloading, check the file exists and get information about it will be useful. ffsend For this reason offers two convenient command.
$ ffsend exists https://send.firefox.com/download/88a6324e2a99ebb6/#YRJDh8ZDQsnZL2KZIA-PaQ://send.firefox.com/download/88a6324e2a99ebb6/#YRJDh8ZDQsnZL2KZIA-PaQExists: true: truePassword: false: false$ ffsend info https://send.firefox.com/download/88a6324e2a99ebb6/#YRJDh8ZDQsnZL2KZIA-PaQinfo https://send.firefox.com/download/88a6324e2a99ebb6/#YRJDh8ZDQsnZL2KZIA-PaQID: 88a6324e2a99ebb6: 88a6324e2a99ebb6Downloads: 0 of 1: 0 of 1Expiry: 23h59m (86388s: 23h59m (86388sUpload history
ffsend Also provided is a tool to view usage history upload method. For example, if you upload a large file download script and you want to track the status of each file, then this is very useful.
$ ffsend historyLINK EXPIRY 1 https://send.firefox.com/download/#8TJ9QNw 23h59m1 https://send.firefox.com/download/#8TJ9QNw 23h59m 2 https://send.firefox.com/download/KZIA-PaQ 23h54m2 https://send.firefox.com/download/KZIA-PaQ 23h54mDelete Files
Another useful feature is to delete the file.
ffsend delete https://send.firefox.com/download/2d9faa7f34bb1478/#phITKvaYBjCGSRI8TJ9QNwdelete https://send.firefox.com/download/2d9faa7f34bb1478/#phITKvaYBjCGSRI8TJ9QNwFirefox Send is a great service, ffsend making it very convenient to use in the terminal. Gitlab warehouse has about ffsend more examples and documentation.
via: https://fedoramagazine.org/use-firefox-send-with-ffsend-in-fedora/
Author: Sylvia Sánchez topics: lujun9972 Translator: geekpi proofread: wxy
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