willqizza / filewatchupload

Watches a file/directory for changes to upload to a remote server.

FileWatchUpload

A utility java program (For Windows ATM) I built when I was getting frustrated having to manually upload my jar file to a remote test server over and over.

Note: At the moment, FileWatchUpload will only authenticate with a username and password.

Purpose

This program uploads a file of your choosing to a remote server whenever a change has occurred to that file.

Usage

• Download the latest release and add place it in a folder.
• In the same folder, create a file called filewatchupload and set the contents to the script found further below.
• Create a file somewhere with the configuration structure you need. (See further down)
• Register it filewatchupload --register pathToConfigFile.json
• Now you can watch files and upload it using the configuration. filewatchupload --config id --file ./fileToWatch (the id can be found in the configuration JSON)
• Any changes that happen to your file/directory will be uploaded to your server automatically when made.

filewatchupload.bat Script

@ECHO OFF
java -jar %~dp0/filewatchupload-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar %*

Configuration Types

Simple SSH

{
  "id": "example-id",
  "type": "simple_ssh",
  "ip": "0.0.0.0",
  "port": 22,
  "username": "username",
  "password": "password",
  "output": [
    "array of remote directories to upload file to"
  ]
}

Future Plans

• Implement SSH connections with keys
• Implement connection that just moves files to another directory