kotrans

Browser-based file transfer system using binary.js as the client and node.js as the server.

###Due to how kotrans transfers very large files to the server, this module only works on applications that run under centOS/ubuntu and similar systems.

Download

Server

git

$ git clone git://github.com/CinnamonBagels/kotrans.git

npm

$ npm install kotrans

Client

<script src="path/to/binary.js"></script>
<script src="path/to/kotrans.client.js"></script>

• kotrans.client.js is located in node_modules/kotrans/Client/
• binary.js is located in node_modules/kotrans/node_modules/Binaryjs/dist/

How to use

Creating your server

var kotrans = require('kotrans');
kotrans.createServer([options], function);

• options
  • server Object. Must be an existing http/https Server
  • path String. Default: '/'
  • directory String. Default: kotrans/uploads
    • Files will only be transferred to this 'allowed directory'
• function Callback

Thats it! Your server should be listening on your specified port and path.

Creating your client

var client = kotrans.client.createClient([options]);

• options
  • host String. Default: localhost
  • port Number. Default: 9000
  • no_streams Number. Default: 2. The number of concurrent streams for data transfer.
  • path String. Default: '/'. For routing purposes.

Sending files from client to server

kotrans.client.sendFile(file, callback);

Send a single File object to the Server's specified directory.

• File is an event object given by event.dataTransfer.files