Upload file directly via URL?

Transloadit
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Archived from the Transloadit support forum. Originally posted on June 20, 2012; details may be outdated, see our docs for current behavior. Original thread

Hi, I’m trying to upload a users Facebook profile pic via a url

For example: https://graph.facebook.com/514728326/picture?type=large

Is there a way to upload from a url directly?

2

Have you tried using the /http/import robot via the api?
https://transloadit.com/docs/http-import

This is what I use for importing from URLs and it works great.

3

Thanks that should work.

I tried implementing this via the Ruby SDK but I’m a bit confused as the docs assume you use the jquery plugin.

So with this set up, where do I pass the facebook image URL? in the assembly call?

url = "https://graph.facebook.com/514728326/picture?type=large"
transloadit = Transloadit.new(
  :key    => '4e3d3d3d3d399bfd0f4839841e41',
  :secret => 'REDACTED' )
response = transloadit.assembly(
  :template_id => '0c195e6d33d333a3937094614829c4',
).submit!
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Well you need to pass your params to it and can then overwrite the template dynamically.

See here: https://transloadit.com/docs/passing-fields-and-variables-into-templates

Kind regards,
Tim

5

Closing this for now. Please re-open the ticket if there is a need.

Kind regards,
Tim