Auto Deleting 'Uploaded Files'

[artistdata22]

Hello,

I am trying to set up a backend workflow where files that users upload at automatically deleted from the ‘file manager’ section, after X amount of time (in my case it’ll be around ~6 hrs).

I have it set up so user clicks a button, it creates a list of images specific to that user, and those image files also show up under file manager.

Here is the current workflow I have set up for when they click this button and create that list of images:

After that I have later in the workflow to trigger a backend workflow,
here is my current backend workflow:

However, after testing this, it seems none of images (the list of images), or images made from that list in file manager get removed.

Any idea as to why?

Thanks

[jgellis]

Does the URL stored in the list have https: on the front of each list item entry?

[artistdata22]

Yes, the images stored in the list have a link to an https://s3.amazonaws.com link

[keith]

That’s not answering the question. Bubble’s URL behavior for files is… not what you expect. FYI.

[artistdata22]

Can you elaborate please

[keith]

Inspect the expression.

[jgellis]

Hi @artistdata22

Keith is correct – after a second look at this. The code is not deleting the files but rather the first record returned from the DB (not the file).

I suggest that you will need to get the list of URLs and then recursively process the list and deleting one file per iteration.

@keith - What are your thoughts on this?

Regards, John

[keith]

File’s link or url or whatnot? I’m AFK at the moment. I’m just teaching the OP how to debug stuff.

[artistdata22]

@jgellis

I suggest that you will need to get the list of URLs

Is this not looking for the URL’s tho?

each item’s images’s URL.

What else would it be?

Thanks

[keith]

Sure but again is that the fully qualified URL or just the path? (Again, I have no idea what “Delete” is expecting, only that it’s borked.)

[artistdata22]

@keith

fully qualified URL or just the path?

Im Not really sure.

I just wanted to be able to auto-delete the files that users upload using the multi file uploader plugin im using in my app.

I wanted to automate this process so that I dont have to manually go in and delete when my storage is reaching capacity

[artistdata22]

The files they upload are automatically going to the file manager, but then they only register into this list when they click the submit button. Maybe theres a way to just auto clean the file manager with the file uploaded into it every X amount of hrs after that file is uploaded ?

[keith]

I’m literally telling you what to do.

[artistdata22]

So I locate the fully qualified URL and delete that from file manager after X amount of time in the backend workflow ?

[keith]

I’m not saying to wait. (This is pointless… what if my device is tens of billions of times faster than yours?)

[artistdata22]

what do you mean?

@keith

what if my device is tens of billions of times faster than yours?

[artistdata22]

Can anyone help with this?