ShareContent - Share your code with one click! 🚀

The fastest and easiest way to share code, files, and shorten URLs directly from Visual Studio Code.

Tired of copying and pasting code in messages? Need to share a file quickly? Want to shorten long URLs? ShareContent turns these tasks into something simple and instant - all without leaving your editor!

🎯 Why use ShareContent?

✅ Instant sharing - Turn any selected text into a shareable link in seconds
✅ Smart URL shortening - Long URLs automatically become short links
✅ Simplified file upload - Share files with a right-click
✅ Simple and beautiful sharing - Your text is shared on a clear, organized, and easy-to-read page
✅ Zero configuration - Works immediately after installation

📸 Screenshots

🚀 Features

📝 Share Selected Text

Select any code or text in the editor and instantly turn it into a shareable link. Perfect for:

• Sharing code snippets with colleagues
• Sending documentation excerpts
• Showing errors or logs for analysis
• Quickly sharing configurations

How to use:

1. Select the text you want to share
2. Right-click and choose "ShareContent: Share Selected Text / URL"
3. Done! The link is already in your clipboard

🔗 Shorten URLs

Long and complicated URLs? Not anymore! ShareContent automatically detects when you select a URL and creates a short, clean link.

How to use:

1. Select the URL in the editor
2. Right-click and choose "ShareContent: Share Selected Text / URL"
   or press Ctrl+Shift+P, type ShareContent: Share Selected Text / URL and select the command from the palette
3. The shortened link is generated and copied automatically

💡 Pro Tip: Enable "Replace Url In Editor" in settings to automatically replace the original URL with the shortened link directly in your code!

📁 Share Files

Need to send a file to someone? Upload directly from VS Code's Explorer!

How to use:

1. In the Explorer, right-click on the file
2. Select "ShareContent: Share File" or press Ctrl+Shift+P, type Share File and select the command from the palette
3. The download link is automatically copied for you to share

⚙️ Configuration

Replace URL in Editor

When shortening URLs, you can automatically replace the original URL with the shortened link directly in your editor.

How to enable:

1. Open VS Code Settings (Ctrl+, / Cmd+,)
2. Search for "ShareContent"
3. Enable "Share Content: Replace Url In Editor"
4. Now when you shorten a URL, it will be automatically replaced in your code!

This is perfect for:

• Replacing long API endpoints with short links in configuration files
• Updating documentation with cleaner URLs
• Keeping your codebase tidy with shorter links

API Token (project-scoped) and VS Code settings scopes (Local vs Remote vs Workspace)

ShareContent can associate generated links with your account/project when you set sharecontent.token.

Important: VS Code has multiple settings scopes, and they can be different depending on where VS Code is running:

• User (Local): your local machine settings.
• User (Remote): settings for the remote environment (e.g. Remote-WSL, Dev Containers, Remote-SSH).
• Workspace: settings stored in the repository at .vscode/settings.json (shared with the project).

If you are using Remote-WSL, the extension runs on the remote side. That means:

• Setting the token only in User (Local) will NOT be seen by the extension.
• You should set the token in Remote [WSL] settings (or in the Workspace).

Recommended setup (Remote-WSL):

1. Open Settings and switch to Remote [WSL] (or use: Preferences: Open Remote Settings (JSON)).
2. Add your token:

{
  "sharecontent.token": "YOUR_PROJECT_API_TOKEN"
}

3. Avoid putting tokens in .vscode/settings.json (Workspace), so you don't accidentally override it with a different/invalid token.

How the extension chooses the token when multiple scopes exist:

• User (global) → Workspace → Workspace Folder
• If the User token is empty, it falls back to Workspace.

Troubleshooting

• If the token is invalid, ShareContent will behave like public/anonymous.
• In the ShareContent OutputChannel you can check:
  • tokenSource: user | workspace | workspaceFolder
  • tokenType and tokenLength
  • messages like Could not resolve projectId from token via introspect endpoint (usually means the token isn't a valid project-scoped API token).

💡 Use Cases

• Developers: Quickly share code in chats, emails, or documentation
• Teams: Send configuration files or logs without hassle
• Educators: Share code examples with students
• Technical support: Send code snippets or log files for analysis
• Collaboration: Share snippets during code reviews

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