FriendsOfFlarum upload, the intelligent file attachment extension

clarkwinkelmann

wolfman Edit: I just checked tha database and api_keys.user_id can be NULL. So i guess there is no need for different API-Keys for each user, which makes this a cleaner approach.

That's exactly it. If you leave the value null in the database, then you are allowed to provide any userId during usage.

cloudclassml

Is it possible to add a reverse proxy setting to imgur, changing http://i.imgur.com to http://proxy.xxx.com/proxy/http://i.imgur.com . I would really like to solve this problem, thank you!

clarkwinkelmann

cloudclassml there is currently no option for this in the extension. We can consider it. Someone could also submit a PR.

If you don't need to use one of the FoF Upload bbcodes (image preview, file download, etc.) but only use the markdown or [img] bbcode, then this could also be implemented as a separate extension that would replace all imgur links in a post rather than FoF Upload URLs prior to insertion in the post content.

cloudclassml

clarkwinkelmann I don't really understand what you mean, but I'm really looking forward to having imgur's reverse proxy settings, and I look forward to implementing it soon!

orschiro

davwheat luceos added myself to FriendsOfFlarum/upload269. Hope that's the correct way!

Yolo

eddiewebb Current code here, https://github.com/eddiewebb/flarum-gpx-preview
i am not using this extension right now but used the codes for FOF Upload

How can i use *gpx files? *xml is working but i can't let FOF Upload use *gpx Files
^application/gpx+xml => not working for nothing
^application\/.*xml => works only for xml
^application\/.*gpx => not working for gpx

eddiewebb

Yolo This is an issue with browsers, nothing the plugin or flarum can control.

Browsers scan files and "guess" the type, they don't correctly post gpx mime type as gpx, they post it as XML because the first line of GPX is xml.

^application\/.*xml is the correct value (tested on chrome, FF, and IE)

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1201945/how-is-mime-type-of-an-uploaded-file-determined-by-browser

CyberGene

This may have been discussed already, but after installing the extension in my forum and working with it for a while, I have a few comments and wondering if some of those are there but I'm missing them:

Is it possible to have separate file size limits based on the type of file? Because I have a music forum and people attach audio files and I have increased the file limit but then it also applies to images and I don't want people to be able to upload huge images
Is it possible to have a quota per user, e.g. to limit the total upload size per user per day. Also per post? Per discussion? Maybe a group based permission
Is it possible to limit/disable the upload in private discussions
Is there an easy way to see stats, such as a sorted list of users by their total upload. Also separated by private discussions
Is it possible to see the stats of the biggest files, as well as last accessed, total number of downloads, etc. For instance I would like to be able to delete files that have been uploaded long ago and are not accessed anymore.
Is it possible to list files that are not referred to from any discussion/post? Also files that were never accessed?
Is it possible to see a list of all the uploaded files and the corresponding posts that link to the file?
Is it possible to delete the actual files?

I see I can do SQL queries for many of those but it's tedious. Would be great if there was an interface for that. Possibly another extension?

luceos

CyberGene Is it possible to have separate file size limits based on the type of file? Because I have a music forum and people attach audio files and I have increased the file limit but then it also applies to images and I don't want people to be able to upload huge images

Not possible right now. Like the idea, this could be build.

CyberGene Is it possible to have a quota per user, e.g. to limit the total upload size per user per day. Also per post? Per discussion? Maybe a group based permission

Not possible right now. Like the idea, this could be build.

CyberGene Is it possible to limit/disable the upload in private discussions

Not possible right now. Like the idea, this could be build.

CyberGene Is there an easy way to see stats, such as a sorted list of users by their total upload. Also separated by private discussions

Not possible right now. Uploads are connected to users though, it could be build.

CyberGene Is it possible to see the stats of the biggest files, as well as last accessed, total number of downloads, etc. For instance I would like to be able to delete files that have been uploaded long ago and are not accessed anymore.

Not possible right now. I think should be possible, but it might be a bit resource intensive, so probably this should be moved to a background task. Could be build.

CyberGene Is it possible to list files that are not referred to from any discussion/post? Also files that were never accessed?

This was on the roadmap, it could be build.

CyberGene Is it possible to see a list of all the uploaded files and the corresponding posts that link to the file?

This was planned, it could be build.

CyberGene Is it possible to delete the actual files?

This was planned, it could be build.

All the features you mention I like. But our time is limited and extensions inside the Friends of Flarum namespace are meant to be maintained. Active development on those are usually commissioned or based on need of people able to develop and then contributed.

If you would like to commission any of these features, make sure to take a look at https://flarum.org/partners for recommended developer parties.

CyberGene

luceos Thank you for your answer, it's promising that you have those planned! Thanks for the great forum and all the efforts!

We are a small community of piano hobbyists, so we won't be able to commission those changes. I'm a backend engineer and since the DB schema seems intuitive, I thought I could create some scripts or SQL queries that can gather the stats, so it's no hurry.

ART994

when you delete, the file on the server is not deleted in the folder

Lodgee

Hi I need to be able to upload PDF documents to my forum. Would anyone be able to help me with the set up, I'm a bit of a beginner with this. Thanks

wolfman

Lodgee Try adding ^application\/pdf as MIME-type in FoF Upload.

Lodgee

wolfman I added it to 'configure your mime type, upload adapter mapping' but I can't seem to get it to work. I'm just using the Free Flarum at the moment, would that be the problem?

wolfman

Lodgee Sorry, i never used Free Flarum. It might be possible, that it is generally not possible there to upload PDFs. Can you upload images? Is your PDF smaller than the max upload size configured?

luceos

Lodgee did you also save that entry? Can you capture the upload settings page and share it here?

Lodgee

wolfman yes it's only a one page document I'm currently testing, but I get an alert saying 'Uploading files of this type is not allowed'. I can upload images no problem.

Lodgee

luceos I've just posted the screenshot here https://forum.fnqautonomynetwork.org/d/169-pdf. I've tried a few different combinations and saved it many times testing it.

wolfman

Lodgee I never used S3 for uploading with FoF Upload, but i am pretty sure you have to provide your AWS S3 storage settings which are empty in your screenshot (do not post your Key and Secret here!).

I am not aware, if Free Flarum allows local storage. That might be the easiest option.

Lodgee

wolfman I don't know what AWS S3 storage settings are?

luceos

wolfman I am not aware, if Free Flarum allows local storage. That might be the easiest option.

FreeFlarum doesn't allow Local no. That would be very risky.

wolfman You selected S3 as your storage-backend in your Screenshot. So S3 or Simple Storage Service is an object storage to upload files to. Those files are organized in so called "Buckets". Most popular is AWS S3. You can create an account with AWS, configure S3 and provide your settings in the FoF Upload plugin.

@Lodgee the above would be very decent instructions to get started on s3, just google Amazon s3.

wolfman

Lodgee You selected S3 as your storage-backend in your Screenshot. So S3 or Simple Storage Service is an object storage to upload files to. Those files are organized in so called "Buckets". Most popular is AWS S3. You can create an account with AWS, configure S3 and provide your settings in the FoF Upload plugin.

Or simply select and use local storage. 😉

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