[CB-12173] Add docs to run local filetransfer server for mobilespec

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Component/s: cordova-labs, cordova-plugin-file-transfer (DEPRECATED)
• Assignee: Shazron Abdullah
• Reporter: Shazron Abdullah
• Created: 23/Nov/16 21:44
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 06:44
• Resolved: 07/Sep/17 07:43

Description

The cordova-vm filetransfer server could be offline.

Add docs to show people how to run their own local server.

The server to run is at:
https://github.com/apache/cordova-labs/tree/cordova-filetransfer

And you would override this variable for this test plugin:
https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-file-transfer/blob/9b322dec6790f6d273b8f707bc07976d778c4cf6/tests/plugin.xml#L33

cordova plugin rm cordova-plugin-file-transfer-tests
cordova plugin add path/to/cordova-plugin-file-transfer/tests --variable FILETRANSFER_SERVER_ADDRESS="http://yourlocal-IPAddressHere:5000"

Run the server:

git clone https://github.com/apache/cordova-labs.git
cd cordova-labs
git checkout cordova-filetransfer
node server.js

Get your local ip by running:

ifconfig