Direct Download

Development
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Hi,

I’m not sure to be opening this topic in the correct category. Apologizes if it’s the case.

So, I’m trying to do something on owncloud.

When a file is shared using a public URL, there is a button to copy the URL to the clipboard which gives you something like this when you paste it: https://your-owncloud.com/index.php/s/2CZ23SZNDa5esXO

Only when you visit the page, there is another button to the direct URL which adds /download to the end of that URL: https://your-owncloud.com/index.php/s/2CZ23SZNDa5esXO/download

I have searched for solutions to avoid that unnecessary step and to get that Direct URL when clicking at the clipboard button. Or to avoid adding it manually.

So, I have been searching the code and found out that <?php p($_['downloadURL']); ?> does this (giving you the direct URL to download the file). I’m not sure if it’s that simple. I suppose it would just be a matter of replacing whatever the clipboard is using.

If it’s that simple, does anyone know where do I find this code to replace?

If it’s not that simple, any suggestions? Sharing a folder with a bunch of files it’s not a solution at all for this particular use case. :slight_smile:

I would appreciate a lot if anyone could help me on this.

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Is this a generally unnecessary step or just for your use case?

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Which version are you using? My 2.4.1 has several options including copy link to clipboard (direct download).

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Thank you for your reply.

@hodyroff In this case, the website interface is used; not the web client.

@dmitry I don’t know any other use cases but for this one, in particular, it’s unnecessary. :slight_smile:

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That’s what I was thinking :slight_smile:

Everyone’s use case is different, what may seem unnecessary to you is a great way to do things for some one else.

As for your specific question, where to find the code to change, I don’t know. I would suppose that kind of question could be answered on the github site for ownCloud

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@dmitry Ok, thanks. I have opened an issue here: https://github.com/owncloud/core/issues/31649

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Thinking about sharing a big file (some GBs) it is rather better distribute the link to the public page where the actual download can be explicitly be triggered.

I vote for not changing this behavior

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@DeepDiver1975 You misunderstood my post. I didn’t ask to change this behavior nor requested a new feature. :slight_smile:

However, since you mention it, it would be nice to have both available to cover all use cases. +1