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I'd found this site a while ago because I won't load my Dropbox in my work laptop but I often wanted to put files in there. I found it a bit fiddly though and t
by hopeless 15y ago
I'd found this site a while ago because I won't load my Dropbox in my work laptop but I often wanted to put files in there. I found it a bit fiddly though and the files I wanted to upload weren't already in my email, they were on the web (e.g. PDF books, software installers)
So I built http://urlpipe.com http://urlpipe.com, mostly as a way to play with node.js and Redis. Paste in a URL and it will pipe the file directly into your Dropbox. It's a work in progress but works for me!
- SonicSoul 15y agovery cool! great if i want to save bandwidth while in a coffee shop.. don't you have to pay for data usage ? or do you hand off the actual file transfer to dropbox?
- hopeless 15y agoIt runs on Heroku and I scale up a single worker process to handle the file transfers, and shut it down when the queue is empty. This drastically reduces the costs – as it's mostly for my personal use, I don't allow multiple workers as a safeguard against unexpected expenses.
- embwbam 15y agoThis is exactly what I want. I need something good to queue downloads from my iPhone.
- dmd 15y ago(1) There's no contact info anywhere (obvious, at least) on urlpipe.com. (2) "you're" is misspelled on the urlpipe home page.
- hopeless 15y agoThanks! 1) fixed, I guess I wasn't really thinking of others using it 2) Duh!