BCK to temp hoster

Shell scripting and systemd configurations can be tricky, especially when dealing with quoting and escaping characters. Your attention to detail and willingness to learn are commendable.

tgpt --provider sky

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² Backup normally to FTP server (here: dFiles.com) #

Option #0 : ftp #

Pros: Already installed Cons: Works only w/ physical files from disk

cd ~

# mkfifo del.zip
zip -r   del.zip *                  &&
ftp -n   ftpupload1.dfiles.eu <<EOG
user     annakarenina 1234567890
binary
# lcd    ~/prf/ais.cmc..ads/
put      del.zip
bye
EOG

# rm     del.zip

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Option #1 : Install lftp ==TODO== #

sudo pacman -Syu lftp

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² Backup on-the-fly to Catbox / Litterbox.Catbox #

Use a) catbox.moe & delete after uploading
or
b) litterbox.catbox.moe with autodlete

a) Catbox.moe #

https://catbox.moe/tools.php

Does catbox.moe give a delete code? reqtype="deletefiles" userhash="####" files="eh871k.png d9pove.gif"

Upload functions

catbox (){ 
    curl https://catbox.moe/user/api.php \
        -F "reqtype=fileupload" \
        -F "fileToUpload=@$1"
}

# catbox wateram.jpg 
#=> https://files.catbox.moe/vmigtc.jpg

catbox_url (){
   echo curl https://catbox.moe/user/api.php \
        -F "reqtype=urlupload" \
        -F "url=$1"
}
catbox_url https://files.catbox.moe/vmigtc.jpg

b) Litterbox.catbox.moe w/ autodlete after 1h, 12h, 24h or 72h #

FINAl FUNCTION:

Pipe the compressed dir into cURL to upload to catbox.moe AND ... ... cURL the resulting URL to ntfy.sh

f_send_to_litterbox_then_ntfy (){

    for i in ~/.mozilla/firefox/*/sessionstore-backups; do
      curl -d "$(
       tar -C "$i" -cJvf- ../sessionstore-backups |
        curl https://litterbox.catbox.moe/resources/internals/api.php \
            -F 'time=72h' \
            -F 'reqtype=fileupload' \
            -F "fileToUpload=@-"
                )" ntfy.sh/diviennes-bck-ffx; done
}

Usage of litterbox.catbox.moe

https://litterbox.catbox.moe/tools.php

curl https://litterbox.catbox.moe/resources/internals/api.php \
    -F "time=72h" \
    -F "reqtype=fileupload" \
    -F "fileToUpload=@${fileToUpload}" 

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3. Send resulting URL to https://ntfy.sh #

Usage of ntfy.sh

curl -d "${result_url}" ntfy.sh/diviennes-bck

Test: Send pic

f_send_to_litterbox_then_ntfy (){
    curl -d "$(
     curl https://litterbox.catbox.moe/resources/internals/api.php \
        -F "time=1h" \
        -F "reqtype=fileupload"  \
        -F "fileToUpload=@$1"
           )" ntfy.sh/diviennes-bck
}

# f_send_to_litterbox_then_ntfy foo.jpg
#=> "topic":"diviennes-bck","message":"https://litter.catbox.moe/bar.jpg"

Create foo.zip from foo/sessionstore-backups/

for i in ~/.mozilla/firefox/*/sessionstore-backups; do
 zip -r $(
  cut -d/ -f6 <<<"$i").zip $i; done

#=> zip -r  foo.zip  ~/.mozilla/firefox/foo/sessionstore-backups/

Tests #

KO : 'Command substitution'

for i in ~/.mozilla/firefox/*/sessionstore-backups; 
do
 curl -X POST https://litterbox.catbox.moe/resources/internals/api.php \
     -F 'reqtype=fileupload' \
     -F "fileToUpload=@'$(zip -r "$(cut -d/ -f6 <<<"$i").zip" "$i")'" \
     -F "filename='$(cut -d/ -f6 <<<"$i").zip'"
done

#=> curl: (26) Failed to open/read local data from file/application

KO : 'Process substitution'

echo curl https://litterbox.catbox.moe/resources/internals/api.php \
    -F 'time=72h' \
    -F 'reqtype=fileupload' \
    -F "fileToUpload=@<(tar -cf - ~/.mozilla/firefox/jyvhpi6d.default-release/sessionstore-backups)" \
    
#=> curl: (26) Failed to open/read local data from file/application

OK : Piping

tar -cvf - ~/.mozilla/firefox/jyvhpi6d.default-release/sessionstore-backups |
 curl https://litterbox.catbox.moe/resources/internals/api.php \
    -F 'time=72h' \
    -F 'reqtype=fileupload' \
    -F "fileToUpload=@-"

#=> https://litter.catbox.moe/i7s4fy

Now send catbox URL to ntfy #

OK : Test using echo

for i in ~/.mozilla/firefox/*/sessionstore-backups; do
 pushd "$i"
  echo curl -d "$(
   echo tar -cvf - ../sessionstore-backups 
    echo curl https://litterbox.catbox.moe/resources/internals/api.php \
        -F 'time=72h' \
        -F 'reqtype=fileupload' \
        -F "fileToUpload=@-"
            )" ntfy.sh/diviennes-bck-ffx
 popd
done

#=> sessionstore-backups/ -> pzxf21 (tar)
#=> "topic":"diviennes-bck-ffx","message":"https://litter.catbox.moe/pzxf21"

Excursus: "Tips" from man tar #

  -C, --directory=DIR        change to directory DIR
  -J, --xz                   filter the archive through xz

Result, see on top #