Provided by: plowshare_2.1.7-1_all 
NAME
plowup - Simple upload manager for file sharing websites
SYNOPSIS
plowup [OPTIONS]... [MODULE_OPTIONS]... MODULE URL|FILE[:DESTNAME]...
DESCRIPTION
plowup is a command-line tool designed for automatic upload on file-sharing websites. It acts like a web
browser, retrieving pages and filling HTML forms.
Anonymous upload is not allowed by all sites, some of them may require authentication. See specific
module options below.
OPTIONS
Common options
-i, --interface=IFACE
If your machine has several network interfaces, force using IFACE interface.
-r, --max-retries=N
Set maximum retries for upload failures. Apply on module exit value: 1 (fatal error), 3 (network
error), 7 (captcha error). Default option value is 0 (no retry) and applies for one single
upload.
-t, --timeout=SECS
Cancel upload download after SECS seconds of waits. Apply on module exit value: 10 (temporary
unavailable error). This error mainly occurs on remote upload operations. Default option value
is disabled (no timeout, infinite) and applies for one single upload.
--cache=METHOD
Cache policy regarding module storage space. Each module is able to save data (credentials,
authentication session, or tokens) in order to be reused later. Available values:
none: module storage file is deleted before each item processing. Temporary directory is used.
session (default): module storage file is deleted at the end of plowup execution. Temporary
directory is used.
shared: module storage file is global and located (in ~/.config/plowshare/storage/). It can be
accessed by any other instance of plow* scripts. Warning: There is no atomicity (or file locking)
on concurrent access.
Example: Multiple file upload using a premium account. If supported by module, login stage could
be performed once.
Captcha options
--9kweu=KEY
Use 9kw.eu service to solve captchas.
--antigate=KEY
Use Antigate.com service to solve captchas.
--captchabhood=USER:PASSWORD
Use Captcha Brotherhood service to solve captchas.
--captchacoin=KEY
Use CaptchaCoin service to solve captchas.
--deathbycaptcha=USER:PASSWORD
Use Death by Captcha service to solve captchas.
--captchamethod=METHOD
Force specific captcha solving method (if unspecified it is autodetected). Available values:
imgur: upload image to Imgur.com service, print image url in console and prompt for manual
entering. Useful for NAS and embedded devices.
none: abort if captcha solving is requested (even if automatic solving service is available).
online: use captcha solving website only (9kweu, Antigate, CaptchaBrotherhood, CaptchaCoin or
DeathByCaptcha account required).
fb: display image in framebuffer console and prompt for manual entering. Looks for framebuffer
viewers: fbi, fim. FRAMEBUFFER environment variable can contain device file. Default is /dev/fb0.
nox: display image in console (text) and prompt for manual entering. Looks for ascii viewers:
img2txt, aview, tiv.
x11: display image in an X11 window and prompt for manual entering. Looks for viewers: display,
feh, sxiv, qiv. DISPLAY environment variable must not be empty.
--captchaprogram=PROGRAM
Call external program or script for solving captchas. Provided executable can be located in PATH
environment variable.
Three arguments are given:
$1 module name (lowercase). For example: mediafire.
$2 image filename (with full path).
$3 hint or captcha type (string). For example: recaptcha, solvemedia or digits-4.
Return value (on stdout) and exit status:
0: solving success. Captcha Word(s) must be echo'ed.
2: external solver is not able to solve requested captcha. Let plowup continue solving it normally
(will consider --captchamethod if specified).
7: external solver failed. Note: this exit code is eligible with retry policy (-r/--max-retries).
Note: plowup legacy exit errors can also be returned, for example: 1 (fatal) or 3 (network).
Tuning settings
--max-rate=SPEED
Limit upload maximum speed in bytes per second. Suffixes are:
k for kilobytes (kB i.e. 1000),
M for megabytes (MB i.e. 1000^2),
K or Ki for kibibytes (KB or KiB i.e. 1024),
m or Mi for mebibytes (mB or MiB i.e. 1024^2).
--min-rate=SPEED
Limit upload minimum speed in bytes per second (for a delay of 30 seconds). Suffixes are the same
than --max-rate.
--temp-directory=DIRECTORY
Directory for temporary files: cookies, images, ...
--name=FORMAT
Format destination filename (applies on each file argument). Can be useful is you want to append
or prepend a string to all your files. Default format string is "%f". Interpreted sequences are:
%% raw % character
%f destination (remote) filename
%g destination (remote) filename (without extension)
%G destination (remote) filename (without extension, greedy)
%h MD5 hash (32-digit hexadecimal number, lowercase letters)
%l source (local) filename
%m module name
%s file size (in bytes)
%x extension (without dot character) of %f (not greedy)
--run-before=PROGRAM
Call external program or script before upload file processing. Provided executable can be located
in PATH environment variable. Messages can be sent to stderr, stdout is trashed.
Three arguments are given:
$1 module name (lowercase). For example: mediafire.
$2 local filename
$3 destination filename
$4 cookie (initially empty) file given to upload module function.
Exit status:
0: script success. plowup continue normally.
2: script explicitly requests skipping current file.
Note: Any other script exit status like 1 (fatal) or 3 (network) will be ignored (an error message
will be reported).
--printf=FORMAT
Print results (on stdout) in a given format (for each successful upload). Default format string
is "%L%M%u%n". Interpreted sequences are:
%% raw % character
%a admin url or admin code (rare case)
%A same as %a but url is escaped for JSON usage
%M empty if %a is empty, or alias to "#ADM %a%n".
%d delete url
%D same as %d but url is escaped for JSON usage
%L empty if %d is empty, or alias to "#DEL %d%n".
%f destination (remote) filename
%l source (local) filename
%m module name
%n newline
%s filesize (positive integer in bytes)
%t tabulation character
%T 24-hour clock time of finished file upload. 8 characters string in the format "HH:MM:SS"
(invoke /bin/date +%T).
%u download url
%U same as %u but url is escaped for JSON usage
Logging options
-v, --verbose=LEVEL
Set output verbosity level:
0 none,
1 errors,
2 notice (default behavior),
3 debug,
4 report (very noisy, log HTML pages).
-q, --quiet
Alias for -v0. Do not print any debug messages.
Miscellaneous options
--no-color
Disables log messages (stderr only) output coloring.
--no-curlrc
Do not use curl config file (~/.curlrc).
--curlrc=FILE
Force using an alternate curl configuration file. Replaces ~/.curlrc if it exists. This option has
no effect when --no-curlrc is defined.
--no-plowsharerc
Do not consider any configuration file.
--plowsharerc=FILE
Force using an alternate configuration file (instead of per-user or systemwide plowshare.conf).
This option has no effect when --no-plowsharerc is defined.
--modules
Display all supported module names (one per line) and exit. Useful for wrappers.
Generic program information
-h, --help
Display main help and exit.
-H, --longhelp
Display complete help (with module options) and exit.
--version
Output version information and exit.
MODULE OPTIONS
Common options
-a, --auth=USER:PASSWORD
Use premium account.
-b, --auth-free=USER:PASSWORD
Use free account.
-d, --description=DESCRIPTION
Set file description.
--folder=FOLDER
Folder to upload files into. Usually a (leaf) folder name (no hierarchy assumed).
-p, --link-password=PASSWORD
Protect your files with a password. May require premium account.
--email-from=EMAIL
<From> field for notification email.
--email-to=EMAIL
<To> field for notification email.
Advanced options
--async
Asynchronous remote upload (only start upload, don't wait for link).
--private
Do not allow others to download the file.
All switches are not implemented nor required for all modules. See long help message for detailed modules
option list.
FILES
/etc/plowshare.conf
Systemwide configuration file.
~/.config/plowshare/plowshare.conf
This is the per-user configuration file.
The file format is described in plowshare.conf(5).
~/.config/plowshare/exec/
Additional directory considered when searching for executable. See --captchaprogram switch.
~/.config/plowshare/modules.d/
User directory considered when searching for modules at startup (plowup will try to open
~/.config/plowshare/modules.d/*/config). One file per module (hoster).
~/.config/plowshare/storage/
Directory used for storing data (one file per module) among sessions. See --cache=shared switch.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables may affect plowup:
DISPLAY
The X11 display server address is considered to display captchas. See --captchamethod=x11
documentation below.
FRAMEBUFFER
This variable is considered to display captchas. See --captchamethod=fb documentation below.
HOME Search for user configuration directory in ~/.config/plowshare (see FILES section above). If
found, ~/.curlrc will be used (use --no-curlrc to disable it).
PLOWSHARE_CURL
Specifies an alternate curl command ($PATH search is considered). If not defined, curl is used.
PLOWSHARE_JS
Specifies an alternate js command ($PATH search is considered). If not defined, js is used.
PLOWSHARE_DEBIAN_JS
When set to yes javascript is enabled, otherwise it is blocked per #791467. Note that arbitrary
javascript downloaded from the Internet will be run without any sandboxing if this is enabled.
XDG_CONFIG_HOME
The directory to store user configuration files. If not defined, ~/.config is assumed.
EXIT CODES
Possible exit codes are:
0 Success.
1 Fatal error. Upstream site updated or unexpected result.
2 No available module (provided module name does not exist).
3 Network error. Mostly curl related.
4 Authentication failed (bad login/password).
5 Timeout reached (refer to -t/--timeout command-line option).
6 Maximum tries reached (refer to -r/--max-retries command-line option).
7 Captcha generic error.
8 System generic error.
10 Feature (upload service) seems temporarily unavailable from upstream (user account may be
temporarily banned).
12 Authentication required (example: anonymous users can't do remote upload).
14 Can't upload too big file (hoster limitation or requires more permissions).
15 Unknown command line parameter or incompatible options.
16 Asynchronous remote upload started (can't predict final status).
If plowup is invoked with multiple files and one or several errors occur, the first error code is
returned added with 100.
AUTHORS
Plowshare was initially written by Arnau Sanchez. See the AUTHORS file for a list of some of the many
other contributors.
Plowshare is (C) 2010-2016 The Plowshare Team
SEE ALSO
plowdown(1), plowdel(1), plowlist(1), plowprobe(1), plowshare.conf(5), plowmod(1).