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fix: resolve "host null" error and update GoFile API handling and some unnecesary cleanup. #9

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useless cleanup.
farrukh2002 Dec 10, 2025
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fix: resolve "host null" error and update GoFile API handling
farrukh2002 Dec 10, 2025
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22 changes: 14 additions & 8 deletions README.md
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# GoFile Uploader
A Simple Script to upload Files to https://gofile.io via Terminal (CLI). Written in Bash.

## Usage:
A Simple Script to upload Files to <https://gofile.io> via Terminal (CLI). Written in Bash.

## Usage

```bash
./upload.sh <path/to/file>
```

You'll see the link after the Upload gets Complete

## Features:
- Upload Files to https://gofile.io Using their API
## Features

- Upload Files to <https://gofile.io> Using their API
- No File Size Limit
- No Limit on Number of Files
- Fast Servers
- Free of Cost

## Requirements:
## Requirements

- ```curl``` and ```jq``` must be installed.

##

### Credits:
- https://gofile.io - For the Amazing Website to upload Unlimited files with Unlimited filesize to fast servers, for free!
- [Sushrut1101](https://github.com/Sushrut1101) - To make the Script
### Credits

- <https://gofile.io> - For the Amazing Website to upload Unlimited files with Unlimited filesize to fast servers, for free!
- [Sushrut1101](https://github.com/Sushrut1101) - Actual Author of this script.
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# Query GoFile API to find the best server for upload
# Use jq to parse JSON response and extract the server name
SERVER=$(curl -s https://api.gofile.io/servers | jq -r '.data.servers[0].name')
# Add a User-Agent (-A) because sometimes GoFile blocks default curl requests.
SERVER=$(curl -s -A "Mozilla/5.0" https://api.gofile.io/servers | jq -r '.data.servers[0].name')

# Upload the file to GoFile
# -# shows a progress bar
# -F specifies form data, "file=@$FILE" uploads the file content
# Use jq to parse JSON response and extract the download page URL
LINK=$(curl -# -F "file=@$FILE" "https://${SERVER}.gofile.io/uploadFile" | jq -r '.data|.downloadPage') 2>&1
# Check if jq actually returned a valid server
# If not, default to "store1" or exit.
if [[ "$SERVER" == "null" || -z "$SERVER" ]]; then
echo "Warning: API did not return a valid server. Trying fallback (store1)..."
SERVER="store1"
fi

echo "Uploading to ${SERVER}.gofile.io..."

# Upload the file
# Add User-Agent here as well to ensure the upload is accepted.
LINK=$(curl -# -A "Mozilla/5.0" -F "file=@$FILE" "https://${SERVER}.gofile.io/uploadFile" | jq -r '.data.downloadPage') 2>&1

# Display the download link
# Verify and display the download link
# Quoting $LINK preserves any spaces or special characters in the URL

if [[ "$LINK" == "null" || -z "$LINK" ]]; then
echo "Upload failed. Please check your internet or GoFile API status."
exit 1
fi

echo "Done!"
echo "$LINK"

# Print a blank line for better readability
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