get url with client.putFile

[pateljatin]

Hi,

Is there a way to get url of the file stored, such as req.url (similar to client.put), with client.putFile? client.http does not return full path that includes sub-folders...(for some odd reason).

Thanks, Jatin

[domenic]

I don't really understand. If you pass the same arguments to client.http as you pass to client.putFile, you should get the same URL. Especially since client.putFile uses client.http...

[pateljatin]

I believe you're talking about the following:

var readmeUrl = client.http('/test/Readme.md');
var userDataUrl = client.https('/user.json');

here's what I'm referencing towards the following client.put - in res.on (I can get req.url - location file was saved):

var object = { foo: "bar" };
var string = JSON.stringify(object);
var req = client.put('/test/obj.json', {
    'Content-Length': string.length
  , 'Content-Type': 'application/json'
});
req.on('response', function(res){
  if (200 == res.statusCode) {
    console.log('saved to %s', req.url);
  }
});
req.end(string);

however, in the client.putFile method:

var request = client.putFile('my.json', '/user.json', { 'x-amz-acl': 'public-read' }, {
  // Always either do something with `res` or at least call `res.resume()`.
});
request.on('response', function(res) {
if (200 == res.statusCode) {
    console.log('saved to %s', request.url);
  }
});
request.on('error', function(err) {
console.log(err);
});
request.end();

however, in the client.putFile scenario, there is no response such as request.url.

hmm...

[domenic]

If you passed /user.json to client.putFile, it will put it at the same URL as returned by client.http('/user.json').

[pateljatin]

true - and I guess if I put it in folders like /upload/files/user.json then when I do client.http('/user.json') it returns a url without proper subfolders. so, I really need to include full folder path in the request client.http('/upload/files/user.json') hmm...wish I didn't had to :)

[domenic]

I don't understand how you would expect it to guess the folder? What if you uploaded /1/user.json and /2/user.json and /user.json? What would client.http('/user.json') return?

You always pass in full paths to every Knox method. The URL-returning methods are not special.

[pateljatin]

Yep - makes sense! Thx.