https://github.com/mafintosh/airpaste

A 1-1 network pipe that auto discovers other peers using mdns
https://github.com/mafintosh/airpaste

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A 1-1 network pipe that auto discovers other peers using mdns

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mafintosh/airpaste
• Owner: mafintosh
• License: mit
• Created: 2015-03-21T16:09:00.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-08-18T11:18:53.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-16T23:23:51.321Z (23 days ago)
• Language: JavaScript
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• Size: 11.7 KB
• Stars: 824
• Watchers: 25
• Forks: 26
• Open Issues: 4
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# airpaste

A 1-1 network pipe that auto discovers other peers using mdns

```

npm install -g airpaste

```

## Usage

On one machine run

```

echo hello world | airpaste

```

On another one run

```

airpaste

```

If the two machines are on the same network the second one will now print `hello world`.

Optionally you can provide an pipe name as the second argument

```

echo only streams to test | airpaste test

```

That way the output only gets send to another user doing `airpaste test`

## Sharing files

You can use airpaste to share files across the network by piping them to/from airpaste

On one machine do

```

airpaste < my.file

```

On another

```

airpaste > my.file

```

Since airpaste just outputs to stdout you can also do stuff like piping movies/music to mplayer (or any other program that supports streaming to stdin)

On one machine

```

airpaste | mplayer -

```

On another

```

airpaste < movie.mp4

```

## API

You can also use this module from node

``` js

var airpaste = require('airpaste')

var stream = airpaste()

process.stdin.pipe(stream).pipe(process.stdout)

```

Optionally you can pass a namespace to `airpaste()`

## Security Note

Data moves over the network without encryption and could be captured. Only intended for use on trusted networks.

## License

MIT