Easy file receiving from friends on the internet with Droopy

I have written a post about easy sharing and uploading files over the network in Ubuntu with SimpleHTTPSeverwithUpload.py.This tutorial shows another python script called Droopy that provide as well as internet file uploading.
Droopy works on Unix (Linux, BSD, MacOSX) and Windows,and you only need to install Python to make it work on your computer.
So if you’re chatting with your friends over the internet,and she or he wants to send you something and unfortunately the file is too large and it’s painfully slow.Just run Droopy and it will do the work.

How to use Droopy
Supposing you’ve downloaded and saved the Droopy in ~/bin/.Create and navigate to the folder that you want the received files to be stored.Then run Droopy.You can give a message and a picture to display:
for example:

mkdir ~/uploads
cd ~/uploads
python ~/bin/droopy -m "Hi, it's me Bob. You can send me a file." -p ~/avatar.png

Now,check it out at http://localhost:8000, and give your computer’s address to your friends.Your friend can type http://your_ip:8000 in browser to see the screen looks like following one and send your files:

Type droopy -h to see more options:
Usage: droopy [options] [PORT]

Options:
-h, –help show this help message and exit
-m MESSAGE, –message=MESSAGE set the message
-p PICTURE, –picture=PICTURE set the picture
-d DIRECTORY, –directory=DIRECTORY set the directory to upload files to
–save-config save options in a configuration file
–delete-config delete the configuration file and exit

Download Droopy

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