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Eric O.'s avatar
Eric O.
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Upload to cloud directly from a url?

The ability to drop a file directly from a public file server to dropbox cloud storage folder. This would eliminate the need to download the file locally and then upload to sync the file. This woul...
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Ken H.13's avatar
Ken H.13
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Laureline, 

This actually doesn't apply to what Eric is looking for. What he wants, and what I would like to be able to do, is specify a URL on another server to move files from one server (that i have control of) to Dropbox. 

I have a bunch of photos stored in a file structure on my website. I was using a photo gallery application installed on the site to view and share the photos, but Dropbox has a MUCH better interface for sharing and displaying images. So I want to just move the files (and file structure) over from that server to Dropbox. The only option I have now is to upload from my computer, which is nowhere near as efficient as just moving from one server to another. 

is that possible? 

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