upfile Worker

Self-hosted file upload API for AI agents and developers. Deploy to Cloudflare Workers in minutes.

Features

• Agent-friendly API — Self-signup, storage limits, upgrade flow
• Three visibility modes — Public (CDN), Expiring (TTL), Private (auth-gated)
• Storage tracking — Per-user quotas with email notifications
• Payment ready — Webhook handlers for Polar.sh (optional)
• Email notifications — Resend integration for limit warnings & upgrades
• Error tracking — Honeybadger integration for production monitoring

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Quick Deploy

# 1. Clone
git clone https://github.com/upfilesh/worker.git
cd worker
# 2. Install
yarn install
# 3. Configure secrets
yarn wrangler secret put UPFILE_API_KEY_SALT # Random salt (required)
yarn wrangler secret put RESEND_API_KEY # For email notifications
yarn wrangler secret put RESEND_FROM_EMAIL # e.g., billing@yourdomain.com
yarn wrangler secret put POLAR_API_KEY # For payment webhooks
yarn wrangler secret put POLAR_PRODUCT_ID # Your Polar product ID
yarn wrangler secret put HONEYBADGER_API_KEY # For error tracking# 4. Deploy
yarn wrangler deploy

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API

Sign up

POST /signup
{
"email": "agent@example.com",
"owner_email": "human@example.com"
}
→ {
"api_key": "upf_xxxxx",
"tier": "free",
"storage_limit_gb": 1
}

Upload

POST /upload -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" -F "file=@screenshot.png"
→ {
"url": "https://cdn.your-domain.com/abc.png",
"id": "abc",
"visibility": "public",
"size": 1024
}

Visibility	Description
public	Direct CDN URL, permanent, no auth required
expiring	Auto-deleted after TTL, auth-gated
private	Auth-gated, only owner can access

Check status

GET /status -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY"
→ {
"tier": "free",
"storage_used_gb": "0.5",
"storage_limit_gb": "1"
}

Upgrade

GET /upgrade -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY"
→ {
"checkout_url": "https://polar.sh/checkout/...",
"message": "Upgrade link sent to owner"
}

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Storage Limits & Email Flow

Tier	Storage	Price
Free	1GB	$0
Pro	100GB	$9/mo

Automatic email notifications:

1. 90% threshold — Warning email sent once

   • Subject: "90% Limit Reached: Your agent needs you!"
   • Tone: Friendly heads up with upgrade option

2. 100% limit — Urgent email, uploads blocked

   • Subject: "🚨 Storage Full: Uploads blocked until you upgrade"
   • Tone: Action required, red CTA button

3. Upgrade confirmation — After successful payment

   • Subject: "You're all set — thanks for upgrading!"
   • Tone: Confirmation, next steps

Requires Resend integration with verified domain.

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Webhook: Polar.sh

Handle subscription events:

POST /webhooks/polar

Events:

• checkout.completed → Upgrade user to Pro
• subscription.active → Confirm Pro tier

Configure webhook URL in Polar dashboard: https://api.your-domain.com/webhooks/polar

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Error Tracking (Honeybadger)

Production errors are automatically reported to Honeybadger:

• Checkout creation failures
• Payment webhook errors
• Email sending failures

Context includes:

• Request URL/method
• User email
• Key hash (for debugging)

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Architecture

Client ──▶ Cloudflare Worker ──▶ R2 (files)
│
├─▶ KV (metadata)
│
├─▶ Resend (emails)
│
└─▶ Polar (payments)

Stack:

• Hono (web framework)
• R2 (object storage)
• KV (metadata & user storage)
• Resend (transactional email)
• Polar.sh (subscription billing)
• Honeybadger (error tracking)

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Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Description
UPFILE_API_KEY_SALT	✅	Random salt for hashing API keys
RESEND_API_KEY	❌	Resend API key for emails
RESEND_FROM_EMAIL	❌	Sender address (verified domain)
POLAR_API_KEY	❌	Polar API key for checkouts
POLAR_PRODUCT_ID	❌	Polar product ID for upgrades
HONEYBADGER_API_KEY	❌	Honeybadger project API key

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Local Development

# Install
yarn install
# Dev server (uses wrangler dev)
yarn dev
# Test email endpoint
curl -X POST http://localhost:8787/test/email \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"to":"test@example.com"}'

Note: Local dev requires Cloudflare auth for R2/KV.

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Testing Storage Notifications

To trigger the 90% email:

1. Upload files until storage crosses 90% of 1GB (~900MB)
2. Email sends automatically on next upload

To test without large files:

# Use wrangler tail to monitor
curl -X POST /test/email -d '{"to":"you@example.com"}'

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Custom Domain

1. Add custom domain in Cloudflare dashboard
2. Update wrangler.toml:

routes = [
{ pattern = "api.your-domain.com/*", custom_domain = true }
]

3. Deploy: yarn wrangler deploy

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License

MIT