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MorganDev
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4 years ago

Allow Dropbox saver to upload file from roots

Hello i have discover this awesome saver from your service , that's working perfectly with an url but can i do this with a file from the roots of my website ?  have a good day 
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Greg-DB
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4 years ago

The Dropbox Saver works by having the Dropbox servers access a URL to retrieve the linked file content and save it to the user's Dropbox account. That being the case, it needs to be supplied with a publicly accessible URL for the file.

 

Exactly where the file is hosted doesn't matter as long as it is publicly accessible on the Internet via a URL. If the file is on your server, you'd need to provide a URL to it on your server. 

  • Mangoz's avatar
    Mangoz
    New member | Level 2
    4 years ago

    ok thanks for these informations but is it possible to worl on localhost ? Like "

    https://localhost:8080/public/toDropBox/1.jpgCRYPT" ?
    • Greg-DB's avatar
      Greg-DB
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      4 years ago

      Mangoz No, localhost URLs are not Internet-accessible, so they cannot be used with the Dropbox Saver.

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