diff --git a/pyshare_receiver.py b/pyshare_receiver.py
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--- a/pyshare_receiver.py
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-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-# this file can be run on a server to act as the endpoint of the script.
-# I mainly want to test whether this is faster than sftp
-
-from flask import Flask, request
-from werkzeug.utils import secure_filename
-from hashlib import sha3_256
-from users import users
-import os
-import config
-from string import ascii_letters, digits
-from random import choices
-
-character_pool = ascii_letters + digits
-
-app = Flask(__name__)
-
-
-def salthash(password, salt):
-    return sha3_256((password + salt).encode('utf8')).hexdigest()
-
-
-def authenticate(request):
-    print(request.form)
-    if 'name' not in request.form or 'passwd' not in request.form:
-        return False
-    name = request.form.get('name')
-    passwd = request.form.get('passwd')
-    if name in users:
-        user = users.get(name)
-        if salthash(passwd, user[1]) == user[0]:
-            return True
-    return False
-
-
-def find_filename(length, ext):
-    def generate_filename(length, ext):
-        return ''.join(choices(character_pool, k=length)) + ext
-
-    filename = generate_filename(length, ext)
-    i = 0
-    while os.path.exists(os.path.join(config.remote_directory, filename)):
-        i += 1
-        if i > 1000:
-            length += 1
-            i = 0
-        filename = generate_filename(length, ext)
-    return filename
-
-
-@app.route('/', methods=['POST'])
-def receive_file() -> tuple:
-    if 'file' in request.files:
-        if authenticate(request) is True:
-            file = request.files.get('file')
-            filename = secure_filename(file.filename)
-            if '.' in filename:
-                extension = '.' + filename.rsplit('.', 1)[1]
-            else:
-                extension = ''
-            storename = find_filename(config.length, extension)
-            file.save(os.path.join(config.remote_directory, storename))
-            return config.url_template.format(storename), 201
-        else:
-            return 'Wrong or no credentials', 403
-    return 'you\'re doing this wrong', 418
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    app.run(ssl_context='adhoc', port=config.remote_port)