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Comment by dyarosla | Hacker News Reader

Looks like a cool project! Only quickly glanced at the code but couldn’t find it: where does this transfer files to on an iOS device? Does it even work with iOS?

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Hi, thanks! Yes, it works on iOS, it works on every device that has a QR reader and a regular internet browser.

The workflow is easy: 1. the tool spawns a disposable web server 2. the tool prints a QR code that encodes an URL that points to the server 3. the device scans the QR, the scanned text is the URL 4. the tool turns off the disposable server as soon as the transfer is complete

Excellent idea, agreed.

iOS doesn't have built-in QR reader. So good QR app just should open recognized URL, and then suggest application which will be used to open the file.

Could anyone recommend such app? Tried "Scan" (iOS app), doesn't work for me: has problems recognizing qr code (probably because of my terminal fonts/background) and doesn't suggest app to open file even if QR code is recognized.

Hi, I'm hearing of issues about QR codes unable to be scanned; can you please try scanning the code that I posted in this comment and tell me if it works? :

https://github.com/claudiodangelis/qr-filetransfer/issues/6#...

I'm trying to collect as much info as possible to identify the cause. Thanks!

It does, actually! If you have the camera app open and have a qr code in view, the link comes up as a banner which you can tap.

You've changed my life. It works! (and it reads qr-terminalshare's QR just perfectly)

Judging from the gif it just makes a webserver and makes a QR code pointing to that url. That should work on any platform.

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