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arch2020
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6 years ago

sharing url files using iframe

Hi all,   I am trying to access my files, through generating shared url, which I managed to do using python for my website. I am trying to implement an iframe 3d model viewer, which require a cer...
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arch2020
Helpful | Level 5
6 years ago

Greg-DB

Many thanks for your prompt response, much appreciated. I tried using the temporary link but with no success, the viewer keep showing me the loading page but the status never change. I guess I have to dig deeper to find out what is not working.

 

I just noted while using files_get_temporary_link will generate a link with other metadata. Is there a direct method to only retrieve the temporary link as str?

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Greg-DB
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6 years ago

No, there isn't another call like that with a string returned directly. You should access the string in the returned GetTemporaryLinkResult.link field. Does accessing that field not work in your environment for some reason?

 

As for viewing the file itself, you may want to check the JavaScript console for the page where the viewer isn't successfully loading the file, in case there's some helpful error or output there.

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