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How-To

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Send directly from share menu on iOS

I created a shortcut on iOS to send images, files, folders, URLs, or text directly from the share menu. To download, go to the link: https://routinehub.co/shortcut/24753/ or https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/f81dbac00823445e8feefd0f834b40e7

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Send directly from share menu on Android

The Web Share Target API is implemented. When the PWA is installed, it will register itself to the share-menu of the device automatically.

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Send directly via command-line interface

Send files or text with ErikrafT Drop via command-line interface.
This opens ErikrafT Drop in the default browser where you can choose the receiver.

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Usage

erikraftdrop -h

Send files or text with ErikrafT Drop via command-line interface.
Current domain: https://drop.erikraft.com/

Usage:
Open ErikrafT Drop:		erikraftdrop
Send files:		erikraftdrop file1/directory1 (file2/directory2 file3/directory3 ...)
Send text:		erikraftdrop -t "text"
Specify domain:		erikraftdrop -d "https://drop.erikraft.com/"
Show this help text:	erikraftdrop (-h|--help)

This erikraftdrop-cli version was released alongside v1.10.4

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Setup

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Linux / Mac

  1. Download the latest erikraftdrop-cli.zip from the releases page 
    wget "https://github.com/erikraft/Drop/releases/download/v1.12.4/erikraftdrop-cli.zip"
    or 
    curl -LO "https://github.com/erikraft/Drop/releases/download/v1.12.4/erikraftdrop-cli.zip"
  2. Unzip the archive to a folder of your choice e.g. /usr/share/erikraftdrop-cli/ 
    sudo unzip erikraftdrop-cli.zip -d /usr/share/erikraftdrop-cli/
  3. Copy the file .erikraftdrop-cli-config.example to .erikraftdrop-cli-config 
    sudo cp /usr/share/erikraftdrop-cli/.erikraftdrop-cli-config.example /usr/share/erikraftdrop-cli/.erikraftdrop-cli-config
  4. Make the bash file erikraftdrop executable 
    sudo chmod +x /usr/share/erikraftdrop-cli/erikraftdrop
  5. Add a symlink to /usr/local/bin/ to include erikraftdrop to PATH 
    sudo ln -s /usr/share/erikraftdrop-cli/erikraftdrop /usr/local/bin/erikraftdrop

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Windows

  1. Download the latest erikraftdrop-cli.zip from the releases page
  2. Put file in a preferred folder e.g. C:\Program Files\erikraftdrop-cli
  3. Inside this folder, copy the file .erikraftdrop-cli-config.example to .erikraftdrop-cli-config
  4. Search for and open Edit environment variables for your account
  5. Click Environment Variables…
  6. Under System Variables select Path and click Edit…
  7. Click New, insert the preferred folder (C:\Program Files\erikraftdrop-cli), click OK until all windows are closed
  8. Reopen Command prompt window
Requirements As Windows cannot execute bash scripts natively, you need to install Git Bash. Then, you can also use erikraftdrop-cli from the default Windows Command Prompt by using the shell file instead of the bash file which then itself executes erikraftdrop-cli (the bash file) via the Git Bash. 
erikraftdrop.sh -h

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Send multiple files and directories directly from context menu on Windows

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Registering to open files with ErikrafT Drop

It is possible to send multiple files with ErikrafT Drop via the context menu by adding erikraftdrop-cli to Windows Send to menu:
  1. Download the latest erikraftdrop-cli.zip from the releases page
  2. Unzip the archive to a folder of your choice e.g. C:\Program Files\erikraftdrop-cli\
  3. Inside this folder, copy the file .erikraftdrop-cli-config.example to .erikraftdrop-cli-config
  4. Copy the shortcut send with ErikrafT Drop.lnk
  5. Hit Windows Key+R, type: shell:sendto and hit Enter.
  6. Paste the copied shortcut into the directory
  7. Open the properties window of the shortcut and edit the link field to point to send-with-erikraftdrop.ps1 located in the folder you used in step 2:
    "C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe" -File "C:\Program Files\erikraftdrop-cli\send-with-erikraftdrop.ps1"
  8. You are done! You can now send multiple files and directories directly via ErikrafT Drop: context menu > Send to > ErikrafT Drop
Requirements
As Windows cannot execute bash scripts natively, you need to install Git Bash.

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Send multiple files and directories directly from context menu on Ubuntu using Nautilus

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Registering to open files with ErikrafT Drop

It is possible to send multiple files with ErikrafT Drop via the context menu by adding erikraftdrop-cli to Nautilus Scripts menu:
  1. Register erikraftdrop as executable via guide above.
  2. Copy the shell file send-with-erikraftdrop to ~/.local/share/nautilus/scripts/ to include it in the context menu 
    cp /usr/share/erikraftdrop-cli/send-with-erikraftdrop ~/.local/share/nautilus/scripts/
  3. Make the shell file send-with-erikraftdrop executable 
    chmod +x ~/.local/share/nautilus/scripts/send-with-erikraftdrop
  4. You are done! You can now send multiple files and directories directly via ErikrafT Drop: context menu > Scripts > send-with-erikraftdrop

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File Handling API

The File Handling API was implemented, but it was removed as default file associations were overwritten (#17, #116 #190) and it only worked with explicitly specified file types and couldn’t handle directories at all.