Pythonista File Server

Based on omz/FileTransfer.py. Get Pythonista for iOS here: Pythonista.

This script attempts to make transferring files to and from Pythonista a little bit more secure by using SSL, and Basic authentication.

Use at your own risk...

Setup

You will need an SSL self signed certificate before you start. There are a bunch of posts on the web on how to do this already. Just looks around. :-)

1. Get this script PythonistaFileServer.py onto your Pythonista installation.
2. Run PythonistaFileServer.py. This first attempt will fail. Running PythonistaFileServer.py will make the module available in the console, which is needed for the next step.
3. Go to the Pythonista console and:

   >>> import PythonistaFileServer
   >>> PythonistaFileServer.init_config()
   

   That will create the ~/Documents/.httpfileserver directory, and initialize the config.cfg file in there.
4. Swipe right to go back to the editor, you should see ~/Documents/.httpfileserver/config.cfg. Make sure to fill in the username, and password.
5. Upload your server.key, and server.crt files into the ~/Documents/.httpfileserver directory.
6. Start up PythonistaFileServer. You should be good to go.

Howtos

From within Pythonista

Modify your configuration

1. From within Pythonista, run PythonistaFileServer, then quit. This will make PythonistaFileServer available for import.
2. Swipe left to get the console, and

   >>> import PythonistaFileServer
   >>> PythonistaFileServer.edit_config()
   

3. Swipe right to bring up the editor then make your changes.

Curl

The following examples assumes a username of test, and password of tester. Pick something more secure.

List files in a directory

To the document root:

$ curl --insecure --user "test:tester" "https://testserver.local:8843/"
{
    "cwd": "/",
    "files": [
        "PythonistaFileServer.py",
        "Welcome.txt",
        "test1/Welcome.txt"
    ],
    "status": {
        "message": "success",
        "type": "success"
    }
}

To sub directories:

$ curl --insecure --user "test:tester" "https://testserver.local:8843/test1"
{
    "cwd": "/test1",
    "files": [
        "test1/Welcome.txt"
    ],
    "status": {
        "message": "success",
        "type": "success"
    }
}

Upload a file to a directory

To the document root:

$ curl --insecure --user "test:tester" -F "file=@somescript.py" \
        "https://testserver.local:8843/"
{
    "cwd": "/",
    "files": [
        "PythonistaFileServer.py",
        "somescript.py",
        "Welcome.txt",
        "test1/Welcome.txt"
    ],
    "status": {
        "message": "success",
        "type": "success"
    }
}

To a sub directory:

$ curl --insecure --user "test:tester" -F "file=@somescript.py" \
        "https://testserver.local:8843/test1"

Uploading and excluding the files section, set the short query parameter to true:

$ curl --insecure --user "test:tester" -F "file=@somescript.py" \
        "https://testserver.local:8843/test1?short=true"
{
    "cwd": "/test1",
    "status": {
        "message": "somescript.txt uploaded (renamed to somescript-3.txt).",
        "type": "success"
    }
}

Overwriting a file on upload

Set the overwrite query parameter to true:

$ curl --insecure --user "test:tester" -F "file=@somescript.py" \
        "https://testserver.local:8843/test1?short=true&overwrite=true"

Change log

• 0.0.0
  • Minor whitespace cleanup.
  • Added HTTP Basic Authentication. Thanks to StackOverflow - Stuck with Python HTTP Server with Basic Authentication using BaseHTTP.
  • SSL support.
  • Configuration file.
  • RESTish type interface with JSON output.
  • URL path validation.
  • And much more...