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+#!/bin/bash
+
+function upload_to_upstream () {
+    api_key=$1
+    filepath=$2
+
+    filepath=$( readlink -f "$filepath" )
+    # echo "filepath: $filepath" >&2
+    filesize=$(stat -c%s "$filepath")
+    # echo "filesize: $filesize" >&2
+
+
+    upload_server=$(curl -s -X GET "https://upstream.to/api/upload/server?key=$api_key" -H "Content-Type: application/json")
+    echo "Upload_URL $upload_server" >&2
+    upload_server=$(echo $upload_server | jq ".result")
+    upload_server=${upload_server//\"}
+    echo "Location: $upload_server"  >&2
+
+    hoster_url=$(curl -X POST -F key=$api_key -F "file=@\"$filepath\"" $upload_server)
+
+    echo "result: $hoster_url"  >&2
+
+    hoster_url=$(echo $hoster_url | jq ".files")
+    # hoster_filename=$(echo $hoster_url | jq ".name")
+    hoster_url=$(echo $hoster_url | jq ".[0]")
+    hoster_url=$(echo $hoster_url | jq ".filecode")
+    hoster_url=${hoster_url//\"}
+
+    if [ "$hoster_url" != "" ] && [ "$hoster_url" != "null" ]; then
+        echo "https://upstream.to/$hoster_url"
+    else
+        echo ""
+    fi
+}
+
+function upstream_check_if_file_is_alive () {
+    file_url=$2
+    api_key=$1
+
+    file_id=${file_url##*/}
+    >&2 echo "File ID: $file_id"
+
+    response=$(curl -s -X GET "https://upstream.to/api/file/info?key=$api_key&file_code=$file_id" -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data")
+    >&2 echo "Response: $response"
+
+    is_alive=$(echo $response | jq ".result")
+    is_alive=$(echo $is_alive | jq ".[0]")
+    is_alive=$(echo $is_alive | jq ".status")
+
+    if [ "$is_alive" == "\"Not found\"" ]; then
+        echo "false"
+    elif [ $is_alive = '200' ]; then
+        echo "true"
+    else
+        echo "false"
+    fi
+}