File Uploader Interface

The File Uploader interface is displayed when File Uploader is clicked from the Manager.

Description:

Use the File Uploader to

upload JSON shares and binary files
upload sources and source templates
configure aliasing behaviour
upload custom widgets
upload plugins using JARs

Field	Description	Notes
Filter On	Dropdown that lets you filter the results of the various fields on the File Uploader. For example, when trying to edit a file filtering on its Type will allow you to more quickly surface the file for editing.
Action	upload, share or edit.
Title	Descriptive title for the file.
Description	Description of the file.
Type:	The Type field is only displayed when adding or sharing a JSON share. Can be any string value. This type is used in a few different ways: It can be filtered on from the "Filter On" drop down menu in this GUI It can be used as an efficient search object in the Social - Share - Search API call. Shares of type "infinite-entity-alias" are used by the framework for aliasing. Shares of type "source_template" are used by the Source Editor GUI as shareable templates. Shares of type "widgetsave" are used by the main GUI to store per-user or per-community settings. Any other Community Edition application for internal purposes
Communities	Communities to which the file is associated.
Write Access	Dropdown that enables you to assign permissions to the file.
File	Choose file from local machine/network drive to upload to the platform.
Reference location	Only available when sharing a JSON object. A "reference location" dropdown which allows the user to choose from the available databases: Custom Plugin Collection: the first object from this custom job is shared (eg the "_id" of the job can be seen next to the "Title" field of the plugin manager, or the Custom - Get Jobs API call) Document Metadata Collection: the document with the specified "_id" field is shared Aggregated Entity Collection: the entity object with the specified "_id" field is shared Aggregated Association Collection: the association object with the specified "_id" field is shared Local files (see below)
Reference doc id	Only available when sharing a JSON object. A "reference doc id" field that must contain the "_id" field of the object chosen above.
Share URL	Only available when a file has been shared using URL. System generated URL link to share the file with other users. eg. $infinite/share/get/543eaf99e4b0ad34063cef60

Related User Documentation:

File Uploader

Related Developer Documentation:

Generic Widget Functionality