do you need to load it in your database as it was if it was uploaded directly ?
http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/06#More-on-uploads Il giorno lunedì 27 maggio 2013 08:25:53 UTC+2, Mika Sjöman ha scritto: > > Yes but how do I import the video into a field of web2py? > > I look in my app and it does not get inside my app folder - so where does > it go? Say for example I download the movie via the Dropbox API, how do I > then add it to my "video" > table? > > Cheers > > On Monday, May 27, 2013 4:02:55 AM UTC+8, Niphlod wrote: >> >> if I understood correctly what you need is just something that updates a >> table whenever a new file pops up into your dropbox folder (that receives >> yet the files). >> Just schedule something that lists all contents of a directory and update >> your table accordingly, let's say every minute. >> Scheduler can fit the bill, cause you'll be sure to have just one running >> process that takes care of it. >> If you want a more refined solution ubuntu has filesystem notifications, >> so hooking up with something like >> https://pypi.python.org/pypi/watchdogwouldn't be difficult. >> >> On Sunday, May 26, 2013 9:09:32 PM UTC+2, Alan Etkin wrote: >>> >>> We are trying to set up our production flow so that the guys making >>>> small instructional movies will automatically upload them to our server >>>> with dropbox. My question is how I can get those movies into a database >>>> automatically with the filename as the description into a >>>> Field('Description') of our videos table? Does anyone have an idea of how >>>> we can make somthing like this a reality? >>>> >>> >>> For using dropbox services from web2py apps, there's a recipe in the >>> manual >>> >>> http://www.web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/14#Dropbox-API >>> >>> If you want a video database integrated with slides and subtitles, try >>> this app: >>> >>> http://code.google.com/p/video2py >>> >>> -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
