I want to upload a file and get a download link that can be used on the server-side to be handed as a non blob link to download application

[jm1]

Hi I have an application that eventually transcribes videos. It can take media links like youtube or rumble etc and it can also handle file links.

I would like to use my anvil app as a file uploader and then create a traditional link to the temporarily uploaded file for purposes of immediately passing that link to my existing code (which expects a traditional https:// link).

If I use the TempURL code to get a ‘url’ - I get a blob object that browser can handle but a standard link expecting app cannot handle. Is there a way to get a standard non blob link for my purposes?

Thank you,

JM

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[ianb]

Something similar was just recently asked so I will link to it:

Create and send url of media created in client

I am new to Anvil and I must be missing something fundamental. After almost 2 days on this, I don’t know what else to try. I need to send a URL of an audio file to an external endpoint. I can use a URLs of a public file of different formats (wav, mp4) and thy work properly. So, everything is working except for being able to create a URL of a file I create client side and sending it to the endpoint. I am getting a response of 400, malformed / bad request. On the client side I have two variable…

What you will probably want to do is have your file sent to the server to be stored somewhere (like a data table) and then use an HTTP endpoint to retrieve the file and serve it your your other application using a link to the endpoint:

Creating HTTP APIs

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@jm1

It can take media links like youtube or rumble etc and it can also handle file links.

@jm1

my existing code

If this is running on another machine, you should probably look into using anvil-uplink instead, but if “your code” is running the client browser and anvil is just embedded in the page then I don’t think you will be able to get a “link” any other way.