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Open Protocol for Resumable File Uploads
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Resumable-download-protocol? #122

Closed chrisdostert closed 7 years ago

chrisdostert commented 7 years ago

I've got an API that must support both the uploading and downloading of large files.

Has there been any discussion about creating a resumable-download-protocol? Could build on those concepts already established by the resumable-upload-protocol.

ronag commented 7 years ago

The problem with resumable downloads is that the browser would need access to the filesystem. Which I believe is not possible due to security concerns.

Acconut commented 7 years ago

We had this discussion previously and came to the conclusion that tus (currently) focuses on providing a solution for upload and not download content. You can read more in a previous discussion, such as #74.

@ronag: The problem with resumable downloads is that the browser would need access to the filesystem. Which I believe is not possible due to security concerns.

That would not be a real concern as the tus protocol is not limited to a browser environment.