Uploads files to a WebDAV server for retrieval via https.
Sending document versions to collaborators is often quite cumbersome. Davify (i) uploads files to your WebDAV server (multiple files and directories are put into a .txz archive prior to uploading), (ii) provides a publicly available download link, and (iii) copies this information into the clipboard.
In addition it keeps track of a file's lifetime and provides scripts for automatically removing files once their lifetime has expired.
pipx install davifySetup the WebDAV client with
davify --setupDavify's configuration resides in ~/.davify and the WebDAV server credentials are stored in your system's keystore. Please find below an example configuration file.
[default]
filename_pattern = {random_prefix}{lifetime_str}-{fname}{version_suffix}{ext}
file_url_pattern = {protocol}://example.net/{random_prefix}{lifetime_str}-{fname_quoted}{version_suffix}{ext}
notification_message = {url}\n(Note the file will be available for {lifetime}.)`
Calling clean-davify-directory on the server removes expired files. Note that you need to provide the full path to the clean-davify-directory binary (use which clean-davify-directory to obtain the path).
Example crontab entry:
# clean davify directory
15 00 * * * www-data /root/.local/bin/clean-davify-directory /var/www/davify
usage: davify [-h] [--lifetime LIFETIME]
[--retrieval-url-pattern RETRIEVAL_URL_PATTERN]
[--webdav-file-pattern WEBDAV_FILE_PATTERN]
[--file-url-pattern FILE_URL_PATTERN]
[--archive-name ARCHIVE_NAME] [--setup]
[fname [fname ...]]
positional arguments:
fname File(s) to davify or directory to upload.
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--lifetime LIFETIME Suggested file lifetime in hours (default: 1 week).
Zero suggests that the file is never deleted.
--retrieval-url-pattern RETRIEVAL_URL_PATTERN
Pattern to use for the retrieval URL.
--webdav-file-pattern WEBDAV_FILE_PATTERN
Pattern used to create the webdav file.
--file-url-pattern FILE_URL_PATTERN
Patterns used to retrieve the created file
--archive-name ARCHIVE_NAME, -n ARCHIVE_NAME
An optional file name for the created archive.
--setup Setup WebDAV connection.albert@myhost:~$ davify transform.py
https://example.net/qOMvcO/transform-15dez-0201.py
(Note the file will be available for 1 week.)