f2u — File-to-URL for AI Agents

Temporary file hosting on Cloudflare R2. Upload a file, get a URL, it auto-expires.

Why? MCP servers cannot handle file uploads. When AI agents need to share a file (screenshot, image, document) as a URL, f2u provides instant upload → URL conversion with automatic cleanup.

Designed for AI agents — all output is JSON, no human formatting.

Install

# From npm (recommended)
npm install -g f2u-cli

# Or with pnpm
pnpm add -g f2u-cli

# Or with yarn
yarn global add f2u-cli

# Verify installation
f2u --version

Quick Start

# 1. Configure (one-time)
f2u auth --endpoint https://f2u.goclaw.sh --key YOUR_API_KEY

# 2. Upload a file (default TTL: 5 minutes)
f2u up -f ./screenshot.png
# → {"id":"abc-123","url":"https://f2u.goclaw.sh/abc-123/screenshot.png","expires_at":"..."}

# 3. Upload with custom TTL
f2u up -f ./report.pdf -t 1h

# 4. Check your uploads
f2u ls

# 5. Get file details
f2u info abc-123

# 6. Delete a file early
f2u rm abc-123

# 7. Check storage usage
f2u usage

CLI Commands

All commands output JSON to stdout. Errors go to stderr as JSON with non-zero exit code.

f2u auth — Configure credentials

f2u auth --endpoint https://f2u.goclaw.sh --key YOUR_API_KEY
# → {"success":true,"endpoint":"https://f2u.goclaw.sh","message":"Configuration saved."}

Config saved to ~/.config/f2u/config.json (permissions: 0600).

f2u up — Upload a file

f2u up -f ./image.png              # Default TTL: 5 minutes
f2u up -f ./video.mp4 -t 1h       # Custom TTL: 1 hour
f2u up -f ./document.pdf -t 24h   # Max TTL: 24 hours

Response:

{
  "id": "62b1bf4e-fd92-46be-8f57-ed73fd58588d",
  "filename": "image.png",
  "url": "https://f2u.goclaw.sh/62b1bf4e-fd92-46be-8f57-ed73fd58588d/image.png",
  "size": 280591,
  "content_type": "image/png",
  "ttl": "5m",
  "ttl_seconds": 300,
  "expires_at": "2026-04-07T13:10:00.000Z",
  "created_at": "2026-04-07T13:05:00.000Z"
}

f2u ls — List active files

f2u ls
# → {"files":[...],"count":3}

f2u info <id> — File details + TTL remaining

f2u info 62b1bf4e-fd92-46be-8f57-ed73fd58588d
# → {"id":"...","ttl_remaining":221,"expired":false,...}

f2u rm <id> — Delete a file

f2u rm 62b1bf4e-fd92-46be-8f57-ed73fd58588d
# → {"id":"...","deleted":true}

f2u usage — Storage stats

f2u usage
# → {"active":{"count":3,"bytes":561197},"all_time":{"count":10,"bytes":1234567}}

TTL Options

Files are automatically deleted after TTL expires. The cron cleanup runs every minute.

Supported File Types

Auto-detected MIME types for proper browser preview:

Other file types default to application/octet-stream.

Environment Variables

Credentials are resolved per-field with the following precedence (high → low):

1. process.env — OS-level, shell-exported, or inline (F2U_API_KEY=… f2u up …)
2. .env.local in current working directory
3. .env.${NODE_ENV} in current working directory (e.g. .env.production)
4. .env in current working directory
5. ~/.config/f2u/config.json (saved via f2u auth)

Partial overrides are allowed — e.g. set F2U_ENDPOINT via env while keeping F2U_API_KEY in the config file.

# Inline (CI/CD)
F2U_ENDPOINT=https://f2u.goclaw.sh F2U_API_KEY=sk_xxx f2u up -f ./file.png

# Shell export
export F2U_API_KEY=sk_xxx
f2u up -f ./file.png

# Project-local .env file (auto-loaded from CWD)
echo "F2U_API_KEY=sk_xxx" >> .env.local
f2u up -f ./file.png

API Reference

Base URL: https://f2u.goclaw.sh

All protected endpoints require Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY> header.

Upload via curl

curl -X POST https://f2u.goclaw.sh/upload \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -F "file=@./image.png" \
  -F "ttl=5m"

Serve file (public — no auth needed)

curl https://f2u.goclaw.sh/62b1bf4e-fd92-46be-8f57-ed73fd58588d/image.png
# Or just open the URL in a browser

Architecture

┌─────────┐     POST /upload      ┌──────────────────────┐
│  f2u    │ ──────────────────→  │  Cloudflare Worker    │
│  CLI    │                       │  (Hono)               │
│         │  ←───── JSON ──────  │                        │
└─────────┘                       │  ┌────────┐ ┌──────┐  │
                                  │  │   R2   │ │  D1  │  │
Browser/Agent ── GET /:id/:fn ──→ │  │ files  │ │  db  │  │
              ←── file bytes ──── │  └────────┘ └──────┘  │
                                  │                        │
                                  │  Cron (every 1 min):   │
                                  │  cleanup expired files │
                                  └──────────────────────┘

Self-Hosting

Prerequisites

• Cloudflare account (free tier works) with R2 + D1 enabled
• Wrangler CLI (npm install -g wrangler)
• Node.js 18+
• pnpm

Setup

# Clone and install
git clone https://github.com/nextlevelbuilder/f2u-cli.git
cd f2u-cli
pnpm install

# Create R2 bucket
wrangler r2 bucket create f2u-files

# Create D1 database
wrangler d1 create f2u-db
# Copy the database_id from output into packages/worker/wrangler.toml

# Apply database schema
cd packages/worker
wrangler d1 execute f2u-db --file=src/db/schema.sql --remote

# Set API key secret (enter your chosen key when prompted)
wrangler secret put API_KEY

# Update custom domain in wrangler.toml (optional)
# Edit [[routes]] pattern to your domain

# Deploy
wrangler deploy

# Verify
curl https://your-domain.com/health

Custom Domain

1. Your domain must be on Cloudflare DNS (proxied)
2. Edit packages/worker/wrangler.toml:

   [[routes]]
   pattern = "your-domain.com"
   custom_domain = true

3. Redeploy: wrangler deploy

Development

pnpm install         # Install all dependencies
pnpm dev:worker      # Start Worker locally (wrangler dev)
pnpm dev:cli         # Run CLI in dev mode (tsx)
pnpm build           # Build all packages
pnpm build:cli       # Build CLI only
pnpm build:worker    # Build Worker only
pnpm deploy          # Deploy Worker to Cloudflare

Limits

License

MIT