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file_url

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Description

File URL module provides a field type that allows either a file upload or entering a URL to an external file. The field type comes with a widget that allows the user to chose between the two options. A formatter is also provided that displays a link to the file.

Architecture

At the field type level, all files (both local and remote) get stored as a URIs. At the form level, a field widget takes care of either linking a remote file, or uploading one. When a local files is uploaded, it gets tracked by the {file_managed} table like any other file. The trick is that it gets transformed in a URI that contains the file ID, so it can be extracted later. When loading a file reference, the distinction between a local and remote file is made by a regex on the URI. On the display side, the URI simply gets rendered as a link. When the link generated by Drupal is accessed by a remote system, it needs to be able to resolve the referenced files. This is handled by issuing a redirect from the /file-dereference/{fid} to the actual path.

Activity

Total releases
1
First release
Jun 2025
Latest release
11 months ago
Release cadence
—
Stability
0% stable

Releases

Version Type Release date
2.0.0-alpha3 Pre-release Jun 18, 2025