Sync uploaded files to S3 about elefant HOT 4 CLOSED

Not just S3 but also Rackspace Cloud Files and (when you can get beta access): https://nimbus.io

nimbus.io will be cheaper than S3, and it's from the guys behind SpiderOak (the best online backup solution for the desktop -- at least it was the last time I've reviewed this kind of software).

According to these guys, the APIs of those 3 services are similar -- REST and JSON.

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Ah yes, definitely want a general API that wouldn't be tied to a specific cloud storage service. And I'm on the nimbus beta request list, so fingers crossed for me! :)

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:) Thank you!

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Maybe this can be better done as an add-on (to avoid hard-coding specific backends). Something like this:

1. Add a proxy_handler setting (Off by default) to the filemanager app's config.
2. If a proxy handler is set, return file links as /filemanager/proxy/path/to/file.txt otherwise keep using files/path/to/file.txt
3. The proxy handler would basically just pass the info to another handler like this:

<?php

echo $this->run (
    $appconf['General']['proxy_handler'],
    array (
        'file' => join ('/', $this->params)
    )
);

?>

Using the above, an aws app could implement an aws/s3 handler that did something like this:

<?php

if (/* file has been transferred to s3 */) {
    $this->permanent_redirect (/* s3 location */);
}

/* initiate transfer of the file to s3, and for now: */

$this->redirect ($data['file']);

?>

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