DSPACE7 - a public link for PDF download

[Jan Broulím]

Hi,

I would like to ask whether it is possible to generate a public link for pdf download - e.g. based on handle number.

Thank you

Jan

[Jan Broulím]

Any idea? We need a software solution to generate public links for PDF downloads using only a given handle number.

Thanks

[Tim Donohue]

Hi Jan,

DSpace 7 doesn't provide an option to have a Bitstream (File) download link based on an Item's assigned Handle.  Instead, download links *are* persistent and public, but are based on the UUID of the Bitstream/file like this:

https://[dspace.url]/bitstreams/[uuid-of-bitstream]/download

That said, DSpace 7 does auto-redirect all older style 6.x URLs to the new location.  So, for example, in the DSpace 6.x XMLUI, file downloads used this URL structure:

https://[dspace.url]/bitstream/handle/[prefix]/[suffix]/[filename]

Those older URLs will redirect automatically to the new URL style (shown above), in case that's helpful.

Tim

[Asanali Msangi]

Dear all,I would like to ask for help..

I have dspace 7.5 installed successfully in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS   but how do I make it accessible in the local area network (192.168.xx.x )instead of localhost? kindly advise in a clear way how to do that... 

Thank in advance

i

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[Asanali Msangi]

Dear DSpace Techinical Team.

[tant...@umn.edu]

That's helpful, and the new style is actually more predictable, however, in my instance when I click on a bitstream link I am redirected to a new url that looks like a REST endpoint, for example

https://xxx.xxx.xxx/server/api/core/bitstreams/12ea09a7-d9aa-4666-9a51-aef6358351a5/content

It would be preferable to see the url as it appears to the client, for example

https://xxx.xxx.xxx/bitstreams/12ea09a7-d9aa-4666-9a51-aef6358351a5/download

Any thoughts?

[Tim Donohue]

Hi Bill,

The DSpace 7 UI *must* redirect to the backend in order to perform the download. Otherwise, you'd need to "stream" the file to the UI first, then send it to the user.

So, the behavior you are seeing is correct... 

In the UI, the link will always appear like this: 

https://[dspace.ui.url]/bitstreams/[uuid-of-bitstream]/download

However, when a user clicks that link, they are redirected (by the UI) to download the file via the backend:

https://[dspace.server.url]/api/core/bitstreams/[uuid-of-bitstream]/content

Notice that the *first* URL will always be based on the "dspace.ui.url" setting (i.e. the URL of the UI), which is required for SEO/indexing purposes, etc.  However, it necessarily will redirect/send you to the "dspace.server.url" (i.e. the URL of the REST API) in order to download the file.... this is necessary for performance purposes, so the backend can "stream" the file directly to the user's browser.

Hopefully that clarifies things further.  But, let us know if it brings up more questions.

Tim

[Asanali Msangi]

Dear George Yusto,
Thank you for your commitment to give me support for our dspace here at the University ... Everything is going well... thank you very much

The issue was not working is attached below

Dear DSpace Techinical Team.

I would like to ask for help..

I have dspace 7.5 installed successfully in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS   but how do I make it accessible in the local area network (192.168.xx.x )instead of localhost? kindly advise in a clear way how to do that... 

Thank in advance

[George Yusto]

You are welcome

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