On Jul 8, 8:33 pm, "dino d." <dinodorr...@yahoo.com> wrote: > thanks for the response. you'll notice i posted in the original > "because I want to > conceal the cloud URL" > send_file can't do that. I suppose you could write a small rails metal or embedded Sinatra app that streamed the file to them. You might also be able to use something like nginx's x-accel-redirect to proxy them to the URL
Fred > On Jul 8, 3:18 pm, Robert Walker <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > > > > > dino d. wrote: > > > send_file "http://www....."; > > > > but it cannot find the file: > > > > Cannot read file http://... > > > > but, the url is valid, I can see the file no problem. Is there a way > > > to send a file from an external source? I want to avoid downloading > > > the file to my server then resending it to the client. > > > If the file already has a URL then you don't need send_file. Just point > > the client's browser at it. > > -- > > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
