How to store file temporarily?

I need to make a pdf file available to a user, which can be retrieved from an external api. I don't want to expose a link to the api to user, nor do I want to download and store all those pdf files on my server.

Basically, there are two approached that I have questions about:

is there a way in Laravel to mask the external link with a temporary link?
or how can I get the file from external link and store it temporarily on my server to show the user and then have all those temporary pdf files removed from my server?

Sinnbeck

3 years ago

Best Answer

Level 102

A few things to look into

You can do temporary downloads https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/filesystem#temporary-urls
You can stream the download https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/responses#streamed-downloads
You can make signed urls that expire: https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/urls#signed-urls

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dmag

3 years ago

Level 6

@Sinnbeck thank you, will look into it and will get back to you. I think filesystem temporary urls work only for s3 storage.

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