Retool Storage - How do I get a file url from from a file id?

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Hellooo - so I have some files uploaded to retool storage. I've recorded the file ids (the uuids) in a separate database. Is there some javascript that would convert a fileId to a url so people can view or download these files? These files are likely to be docs or pdfs.

Thanks!

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Not yet but we expect to support this by mid-late January! Thanks for the feedback

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Thanks - for others, I ended up making a button to download the files instead

window.downloadingFile = item.fileId;
DownloadFile.trigger({
  onSuccess(file) {
    utils.downloadFile({base64Binary: file.base64Data} , file.name);
  }
});

I wanted to use additionalScope here, but i wasn't able to access it in the Retool Storage Query.

Here's what the DownloadFile query looks like:

Screenshot 2023-12-06 at 8.03.25 PM
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Thanks so much for sharing @parrisfvci !

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Heads up: we now have URLs supported. See here

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This syntax does not work anymore:

let file = query2.data

utils.downloadFile({base64Data: file.base64Data}, "cat", "jpeg")

// won't work

Instead, take this approach:

let file = query2.data

utils.downloadFile(file.base64Data, "cat", "jpeg")
// or utils.downloadFile({base64Binary: file.base64Data}, "cat", "jpeg")

// works like a charm!
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