I am in a somewhat dire need for a very simple program that will allow me to upload files to my free file host, GigaSize (especially) and or MediaFire, without having to do so with my browser...I have seen several of these little programs for other services, and it all seems simple enough to do...To me, the best of these simple programs is the one offered by RapidShare...

All it would basically have to do is allow me to log into my account, (both services offer free registration if you want to test) drag and drop files into a window, click go, and then spit out the links when its finished...Both services also offer description fields for downloads (because the file names are changed, you can't see what's what right away) so if that could be implemented, that would rock...But ultimately, its not necessary...Just nice to have...

As usual, if there's something I can do for someone kind enough to take me up on this offer, I'm all ears...

Cheers chaps..!

So it certainly sounds like you're looking for such a program to be created then, eh AYHJA? In that case, topic moved ...

It would take a good bit of work to make something like that. You'd need to use Wireshark to determine the different values that are sent between the browser and the server. Here is a very simplified list of the tasks the program would need to perform:

1. Send username and password to server
2. Retrieve session identifier cookies
3. Send server HTTP commands to upload file, along with session cookies and file contents
4. When upload is complete, retrieve file's web address from the returned web page
5. Loop back to step 3 for each file in queue

Like I said, that list is very simplified. There could be other steps also, depending on how their site is set up. You'd have to use Wireshark to determine that. It would take some time to get a program like that built and working properly. And then if they do some modifications to their website it would mess the program up.

Yeah TB, sorry about that...Believe it or not I scanned the forums for like a good 2 minutes wondering if this forum had been moved/merged, etc...I would have sworn it was gone..! And be damned, here it is...Sorry..!

@ Chugworth

When you say, 'Good bit of work' how long are we talking..? To be honest, I've only seen about 4 or 5 of these programs, each released by the file host sites themselves...A couple of them are simple, but there are others that are way elaborate, which gave me the impression that it must not be ultra hard to do...But then again, what do I know..?

I would guess a few hours. The difficulty really depends on how well their server cooperates, and how familiar you are with writing code to transfer large files over a network connection.

OK, gonna get the code worked out...

But GUI skills are not that awesome...Can you help us out there maybe..? I was thinking about something tabbed, that operates on the various sites...



The RapidShit program works well, and would be a great model to improve upon...