tgfs

Use telegram as file storage, with a command line tool and WebDAV server.

Tested on Windows, Ubuntu, MacOS

Installation

Through Git

$ yarn install && yarn build
$ alias tgfs="yarn start:prod"

Step by Step Guide to Set up config

First step

1. Duplicate the example-config.yaml file and name it config.yaml
2. Go to Here, login with your phone number and create a Telegram app.
3. Copy the api_id and api_hash from the Telegram app page (step 2) to the config file (telegram -> api_id / api_hash)

Set up the channel to store files

1. Create a new Telegram private channel (New Channel in the menu on the left)
2. There should be a message like "Channel created". Right click the message and copy the post link.
3. The format of the link should be like https://t.me/c/1234567/1, where 1234567 is the channel id. Copy the channel id to the config file (telegram -> private_file_channel)

Create a Telegram bot (Optional, if you don't want to use your own account)

1. Go to BotFather, create a new bot and copy the token to the config file (telegram -> bot_token)
2. Add the bot to the channel as an administrator

cmd usage

• ls

  $ tgfs cmd ls /
  

• mkdir

  $ tgfs cmd mkdir /documents
  

  $ tgfs cmd mkdir -p /documents/pictures
  

• cp

  $ tgfs cmd cp ~/some-file /
  

• rm

  $ tgfs cmd rm /some-file
  

  $ tgfs cmd rm -r /some-folder
  

Use it as a WebDAV server

$ tgfs -w

or

$ tgfs --webdav

Tested WebDAV Clients:

• Cyberduck
• File Stash

Config fields explanation

• telegram

  • session_file: The file path to store the session data. If you want to use multiple accounts, you can set different session files for each account.

• webdav

  • host: The host of the WebDAV server listening on.
  • port: The port of the WebDAV server listening on.
  • users: The users of the WebDAV server.
    • password: The password of the user.