# Basic script to upload to litterbox.catbox.moe

## Description

Litterbox.catbox.moe is a publicly accessible temporary file host

This script interacts with the API to upload a specified file for a specified amount of time

## Setup

Place the script somewhere within your path, you can find this by running:

``` bash
echo "$PATH"
```

After this make the script executable: 

``` bash
chmod u+x
```

## Usage

Type catboxuploader then the name of the file after, for example:

``` bash
catboxuploader 123.png
```

After this you will be prompted to input the amount of hours you want the file to be uploaded for, (1, 12, 24 or 72)

Finally once the file has uploaded a shareable link will be returned in the terminal

``` bash
#!/bin/bash

filename="$1"

uploadtime() {

echo -e "\nbe in the directory of the file you want to upload\ninput how long you want the file to be uploaded for"
read -p "valid options (hours) 1, 12, 24, 72: " time

case "$time" in
    1|12|24|72 )
    time+="h"
    ;;
    * ) echo "invalid upload time"
    uploadtime
    ;;
esac

}

main(){

uploadtime

echo "uploading..."
curl -F "reqtype=fileupload" -F "time=$time" -F "fileToUpload=@$filename" https://litterbox.catbox.moe/resources/internals/api.php

}

[ -z "$1" ] && echo -e "no file provided\nusage is catboxuploader yourfilehere\nsuch as: catboxuploader 123.txt" || main
```