Drupal 8 count file downloads

Having it within the normal files directory though does make managing the files easier through the CMS. That's basically how the system knows to check for permissions. Again, ideally new files uploaded through IMCE would be stored properly, but right now it just deals with all public files. In Drupal 7, there was a handy module that stepped in here to provide custom access permissions as well as mixing public and private uploads.

It's called Private files download permission but unfortunately a version for Drupal 8 doesn't exist. We'll have to instead implement a custom check using basically the same hook. The below example just checks whether the user is logged in at all. You could expand on this though to start checking for roles and other criteria, which is partly what the above mentioned module does in Drupal 7.

Having said all of the above, the hope is that IMCE will either be updated to work with private files, or better yet, Drupal core gets new media handling capabilities. There has been an ongoing discussion regarding media management that looks promising. Back to Blog Private files in Drupal 8.

Typical setup with fields The normal workflow when setting up private files using fields is to first enable private files in settings. Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation has been moved to chat. The Overflow Blog. Podcast Who is building clouds for the independent developer?

Exploding turkeys and how not to thaw your frozen bird: Top turkey questions Featured on Meta. Now live: A fully responsive profile. Reducing the weight of our footer. Related 2. Hot Network Questions. Drupal Answers works best with JavaScript enabled. Accept all cookies Customize settings. I have files that I've uploaded via file field in CCK. I simply want to count the number of times users have downloaded them. Using views seems to just output ALL data for all files.

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