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upfile-cli

Upload any file from your terminal. Get a permanent URL instantly.

→ upfile.sh

Install

npm install -g upfilesh

Setup

Self-signup (get an API key)

upfile signup --email your@email.com

This creates an account and saves your API key to ~/.upfile/config.json.

Existing API key

upfile config set api-key YOUR_API_KEY

Usage

# Check storage status<br>upfile status

# Public — permanent URL, anyone can access<br>upfile screenshot.png<br># https://cdn.upfile.sh/xK9mZ.png

# Expiring — self-destructs after TTL (seconds)<br>upfile report.pdf --expiry 3600

# Private — auth-gated, only you can access<br>upfile secret.pdf --private

# JSON output — for AI agents and scripts<br>upfile screenshot.png --json

# Pipe from stdin — capture and upload in one line<br>screencapture -x - | upfile<br>cat file.txt | upfile --json

Upgrade

When you hit the 1GB storage limit, upgrade to Pro:

upfile upgrade

You'll receive an email with a checkout link.

Options

Flag<br>Description

--private<br>Private file, requires auth to access

--expiry<br>Expiring URL with TTL in seconds

--json<br>Full JSON response (url, id, visibility, expires_at)

-v, --version<br>Print CLI version

JSON response

"id": "xK9mZaBcDe",<br>"url": "https://cdn.upfile.sh/xK9mZaBcDe.png",<br>"visibility": "public",<br>"size": 84231,<br>"type": "image/png",<br>"expires_at": null,<br>"created_at": "2026-03-02T03:00:00.000Z"

Config

# save API key<br>upfile config set endpoint # self-hosted endpoint<br>upfile config get # view current config">upfile config set api-key key> # save API key<br>upfile config set endpoint url> # self-hosted endpoint<br>upfile config get # view current config

Config stored at ~/.upfile/config.json.

Environment variables

Var<br>Description

UPFILE_API_KEY<br>API key (overrides config file)

Self-hosting

Deploy your own upfile instance on Cloudflare Workers:

github.com/upfilesh/worker

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