[est]

> gfile is a WebRTC based file exchange software.

> It allows to share a file directly between two computers, without the need of a third party.

Can it be done with a single HTML file instead of Go?

You know, which can be hosted anywhere even on Github pages.

[ggerganov]

I actually did such kind of experiment recently [0]. As a bonus, the users do not have to copy/paste the SDP data manually - instead it is transmitted through sound!

[0] https://ggerganov.github.io/wave-share

[Antonito]

That project is really cool!

I'm planning to work on the SDP stuff at some point. It works well, but sharing two base64 encoded strings isn't very practical :/

[Antonito]

Yup, it can be done! Actually, it's one of my next objectives for it. I started to write a front-end client, with WebAssembly. It's not fully working yet, but you can take a look at it here: https://github.com/Antonito/gfile/tree/master/_client/web

[Sean-Der]

The use case that excites me is transfer between servers/no X11. Just a single binary, no deps to worry about.

They could also be air gapped, both behind NATs and other non-standard topologies. ICE will take care of all the hard problems :)

[est]

> transfer between servers

A simple NC command would do.

Or something like python -m http.server and curl

[giancarlostoro]

Heh can't tell you how many times I've used that python http server. Sure enough no matter the OS if Python is installed, it gives me the edge if I can access machines behind the same network.

[Sean-Der]

That wouldn’t work if they don’t have a direct connection (my main use case)

I have a bunch of servers with no public IPs split between different regions.

[zimbatm]

On a server it makes sense if there is no UI involved.

Potentially the sender could output a URL that contains the SDP. That way the receiver can either be a CLI or a web browser.

[imetatroll]

The page needs to run the appropriate javascript. That is all. Of course a STUN server at the least is required.

[TomMarius]

There is Go WASM runtime, isn't there?

[Insanity]

Yeah, you can compile to WASM since the last few versions of Go (1.10 or 1.11)!