Send Me My Files - R2 Upload with Short Lived Signed URLs
Upload files to Cloudflare R2 or any S3-compatible storage and generate presigned download links.
Features
- •Upload files to R2/S3 buckets
- •Generate presigned download URLs (configurable expiration)
- •Support for any S3-compatible storage (R2, AWS S3, MinIO, etc.)
- •Multiple bucket configurations
- •Automatic content-type detection
Configuration
Create ~/.r2-upload.yml (or set R2_UPLOAD_CONFIG env var):
yaml
# Default bucket (used when no bucket specified)
default: my-bucket
# Bucket configurations
buckets:
my-bucket:
endpoint: https://abc123.r2.cloudflarestorage.com
access_key_id: your_access_key
secret_access_key: your_secret_key
bucket_name: my-bucket
public_url: https://files.example.com # Optional: custom domain
region: auto # For R2, use "auto"
# Additional buckets
personal:
endpoint: https://xyz789.r2.cloudflarestorage.com
access_key_id: ...
secret_access_key: ...
bucket_name: personal-files
region: auto
Cloudflare R2 Setup
- •Go to Cloudflare Dashboard → R2
- •Create a bucket
- •Go to R2 API Tokens:
https://dash.cloudflare.com/<ACCOUNT_ID>/r2/api-tokens - •Create a new API token
- •Important: Apply to specific bucket (select your bucket)
- •Permissions: Object Read & Write
- •Copy the Access Key ID and Secret Access Key
- •Use endpoint format:
https://<account_id>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com - •Set
region: auto
AWS S3 Setup
yaml
aws-bucket: endpoint: https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com access_key_id: ... secret_access_key: ... bucket_name: my-aws-bucket region: us-east-1
Usage
Upload a file
bash
r2-upload /path/to/file.pdf # Returns: https://files.example.com/abc123/file.pdf?signature=...
Upload with custom path
bash
r2-upload /path/to/file.pdf --key uploads/2026/file.pdf
Upload to specific bucket
bash
r2-upload /path/to/file.pdf --bucket personal
Custom expiration (default: 5 minutes)
bash
r2-upload /path/to/file.pdf --expires 24h r2-upload /path/to/file.pdf --expires 1d r2-upload /path/to/file.pdf --expires 300 # seconds
Public URL (no signature)
bash
r2-upload /path/to/file.pdf --public
Tools
- •
r2_upload- Upload file and get presigned URL - •
r2_list- List recent uploads - •
r2_delete- Delete a file
Environment Variables
- •
R2_UPLOAD_CONFIG- Path to config file (default:~/.r2-upload.yml) - •
R2_DEFAULT_BUCKET- Override default bucket - •
R2_DEFAULT_EXPIRES- Default expiration in seconds (default: 300 = 5 minutes)
Notes
- •Uploaded files are stored with their original filename unless
--keyis specified - •Automatic UUID prefix added to prevent collisions (e.g.,
abc123/file.pdf) - •Content-Type automatically detected from file extension
- •Presigned URLs expire after the configured duration