Use docker hub as a public accessible storage when you need to upload and download large file for free.

README.md

docker_as_a_storage

Upload with docker, download with only curl.

1. upload your file

REPO=YOUR_DOCKER_ID ./docker_as_a_storage.sh <file or directory>

2. after finished then get command for downloading your file

3. then paste when you need to download this file

curl -fSL --progress   -H "Authorization: Bearer $(curl -fsSL "https://auth.docker.io/token?service=registry.docker.io&scope=repository:leoh0/tty.gif:pull" | sed 's/.*"token":"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/g')"   https://registry-1.docker.io/v2/leoh0/tty.gif/blobs/sha256:55f44f7164fde0e4422d65494141fee97142a5c2ece7e63cfa34944a1437e3a8 | tar xzvf -

docker_as_a_storage.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

REPO=${REPO:-leoh0}

clean_up() {
    rm -rf ${temp}
}

trap clean_up EXIT

temp=$(mktemp -d)

target=$(echo "$1" | sed 's/\/$//g')
add_target=$(echo "$target" | awk -F "/" '{print $NF}')

cp -r "$target" "$temp"

pushd $temp > /dev/null

cat >DockerFile << EOF
FROM scratch

COPY ${add_target} /${add_target}
EOF

time=$(date +"%y%m%d%H%M%S")

echo
echo -e "\033[0;33mBuild image\033[0m \033[0;32m ✔\033[0m"
docker build -t ${REPO}/${add_target}:${time} -f DockerFile .

echo
echo -e "\033[0;33mPush image\033[0m \033[0;32m ✔\033[0m"
docker push ${REPO}/${add_target}:${time}

image="${REPO}/${add_target}"
imageTag="${time}"
digest="${imageTag}"

token="$(curl -fsSL "https://auth.docker.io/token?service=registry.docker.io&scope=repository:$image:pull" | sed 's/.*"token":"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/g')"

rawjson=$(curl -fsSL \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $token" \
    -H 'Accept: application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json' \
    "https://registry-1.docker.io/v2/$image/manifests/$digest")
digest=$(echo $rawjson | sed 's/.*layers":.*"digest": "\([^\"].*\)\".*/\1/g')

popd > /dev/null

echo
echo -e "\033[0;35mUse below command\033[0m \033[0;32m ✔\033[0m"
echo
echo "curl -fSL --progress \
  -H \"Authorization: Bearer \$(curl -fsSL \"https://auth.docker.io/token?service=registry.docker.io&scope=repository:${REPO}/${add_target}:pull\" | sed 's/.*\"token\":\"\([^\"]*\)\".*/\1/g')\" \
  https://registry-1.docker.io/v2/${REPO}/${add_target}/blobs/${digest} | tar xzvf -"