README.md

@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ abyss is a basic and mostly single user http server written in go made for uploa
 - `UPLOAD_KEY`: this is key checked when uploading files. if the key doesn't match with server's one, then it refuses uploading.
 - `ABYSS_FILEDIR`: this points to the directory where abyss will save the uploads to. defaults to `./files`
 - `ABYSS_PORT`: this is the port the server will run on. safe to leave empty. defaults to 3235
-- `SHOULD_AUTH`: if it is `yes`, then to upload text you will need authentication (same auth as `/tree`), any value other than that and upload is authless
+- `SHOULD_AUTH`: if it is `yes`, then to upload text through the browser you will need authentication (same auth as `/tree`), any value other than that and upload is auth-less
 
 ## todo:
 

abyss.go

@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ func setupHandlers(mux *http.ServeMux, app *Application) {
 
 	if app.authUpload == "yes" {
 		mux.HandleFunc("/upload", BasicAuth(app.uploadHandler, app))
-		slog.Warn("text uploading will be restricted")
+		slog.Warn("text uploading through the browser will be restricted")
 	} else {
 		mux.HandleFunc("/upload", app.uploadHandler)
-		slog.Warn("text uploading will NOT be restricted")
+		slog.Warn("text uploading through the browser will NOT be restricted")
 	}
 }

generate_config.sh

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ AUTH_USERNAME=$AUTH_USERNAME
 # This is the password of the user for accessing /tree
 AUTH_PASSWORD=$AUTH_PASSWORD
 
-# This is whether you need a password to upload text (through browser or curl)
+# This is whether you need a password to upload text through the browser
 SHOULD_AUTH=$SHOULD_AUTH
 
 # This is the key needed to make uploads. Include it as X-Auth in curl.

static/index.html

@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@
     </div>
 
     <form action="/upload" method="POST">
-        <textarea name="content" placeholder="Enter your content here..."></textarea>
-        <br />
+        <textarea name="content" placeholder="Enter your content here..."></textarea><br />
         <button type="submit">upload</button>
     </form>