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Should a link to an uploaded file redirect to /uploads/<hash>/filename.ext, or serve the file directly? #28

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opened 2019-12-13 15:04:13 +01:00 by minnozz · 4 comments
minnozz commented 2019-12-13 15:04:13 +01:00
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Currently, https://hashru.link/PVwZ, which is a file uploaded with -F'file=@filename.ext', redirects to https://hashru.link/uploads/ef9841a5d7fb4917ab7dea052329e5f4/dancing-baby.gif, which serves the file.

Alternatively, we could serve the file directly, keeping https://hashru.link/PVwZ in the address bar of the user's browser.

Currently, `https://hashru.link/PVwZ`, which is a file uploaded with `-F'file=@filename.ext'`, redirects to `https://hashru.link/uploads/ef9841a5d7fb4917ab7dea052329e5f4/dancing-baby.gif`, which serves the file. Alternatively, we could serve the file directly, keeping `https://hashru.link/PVwZ` in the address bar of the user's browser.
electricdusk commented 2019-12-13 16:56:47 +01:00
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The reason I chose for this design is to allow the administrator to easily delegate the serving of the files to the webserver, instead of the Go process. However, to do this properly, we really want to separate the paths, s.t. you can tell the webserver to handle/cache the files immediately.

The reason I chose for this design is to allow the administrator to easily delegate the serving of the files to the webserver, instead of the Go process. However, to do this properly, we really want to separate the paths, s.t. you can tell the webserver to handle/cache the files immediately.
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electricdusk commented 2019-12-15 09:41:42 +01:00
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Closing as "question answered". Feel free to reopen if something is still unclear.

Closing as "question answered". Feel free to reopen if something is still unclear.
minnozz commented 2019-12-16 09:58:33 +01:00
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For future reference, this is the way to implement this in nginx (the X-Accel-Redirect header): https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/start/topics/examples/x-accel/

For future reference, this is the way to implement this in nginx (the `X-Accel-Redirect` header): https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/start/topics/examples/x-accel/
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electricdusk commented 2019-12-19 22:34:45 +01:00
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I decided that we should implement this, mainly because CURL does not follow redirects by default.

I decided that we should implement this, mainly because CURL does not follow redirects by default.
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