If I know the URL of an image (outside of Losant), can I “grab it” and either store in Losant or put it in another storage service in a workflow? Thanks!
We have a feature being released in the next couple days that, given a URL, will allow you to stream the file directly into an S3 bucket using the AWS S3: Put Node. Would that solve your use case?
For streaming a file into Application Files, that’s a little tougher but doable as it requires some work in an environment outside of Losant, even if that environment is a web browser. There’s a library template that demonstrates this; you may be able to import it and alter it for your specific use case.
That said, I have logged a feature request for the ability to support adding a file from a URL in the File: Create Node, and we will let you know if it is selected for development.
Better late than never! With this week’s platform update, you can now provide a URL in the File: Create Node and Losant will pull the contents from that URL. This feature works for public application files as well as our newly release private application files.
Read more in our platform update blog post.