This new functionality enables users to connect with Dropbox, Egnyte, One Drive, Google Drive, etc. While placing the link on the FE Form is dependent on the App Architecture, this provides clients with a work around for collecting large files.
The outline looks like so:
- Pipeline Triggered (new Yearly Pre Qual Record)
- Create Egnyte: Directory: https://developers.egnyte.com/docs/read/File_System_Management_API_Documentation#Create-a-Folder
- Create Upload: URL(Shareable): https://developers.egnyte.com/docs/read/Egnyte_Link_API_Documentation#Create-a-Link
- Updates Yearly Pre Qual Record with sharable Upload URL (via Pipeline)
Step One: We need the Large Egnyte file for later so reserve it.
Step Two: This is where we make the request to Egnyte(Dropbox et al) to create a new folder. In this case the Record ID under /Shared/Advantage/PreQuals/[Record #ID]
Step Three: Create a sharable (and obscured) upload link for the directory we just created.
Step Four: In this example, we provide Pipelines with an example response structure from Egnyte (I received this from a test Postman call to the endpoint above)
Step Five: Finally, we save the newly created link back into Quickbase(in the Large Files Upload field) for later use.
