curl

Any command line can upload to Fileship with curl and your upload token (Settings → Integrations → Upload token). See the Upload API for every field.

Linux and macOS

export FILESHIP_URL=https://files.example.com
export FILESHIP_TOKEN=fs_...

# upload a file and print the link
curl -fsS -H "Authorization: Bearer $FILESHIP_TOKEN" \
  -F "[email protected]" \
  "$FILESHIP_URL/api/files" | jq -r .url

# with options: random name, expires in a day, password
curl -fsS -H "Authorization: Bearer $FILESHIP_TOKEN" \
  -F "[email protected]" -F fileNameType=Random -F expiration=86400000 -F password=secret \
  "$FILESHIP_URL/api/files" | jq -r .url

# shorten a link
curl -fsS -H "Authorization: Bearer $FILESHIP_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url":"https://example.com/a/long/link"}' \
  "$FILESHIP_URL/api/links" | jq -r .shortUrl

Without jq, drop | jq -r .url to see the whole JSON. -f makes curl fail on errors; leave it out to see Fileship's error message.

Windows

Windows 10 and 11 include curl.exe. In PowerShell, call it as curl.exe (plain curl is an alias for Invoke-WebRequest in Windows PowerShell):

powershell

$env:FILESHIP_URL = "https://files.example.com"
$env:FILESHIP_TOKEN = "fs_..."

curl.exe -fsS -H "Authorization: Bearer $env:FILESHIP_TOKEN" -F "[email protected]" "$env:FILESHIP_URL/api/files" |
  ConvertFrom-Json | Select-Object -ExpandProperty url

Large files

A single request carries the whole file. Through a reverse proxy, make sure it accepts bodies that large, or use chunked uploads.