Is there any way to export private files?

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Hi everyone,

I’m trying to export the files I have in my database via API, but I discovered that it’s not possible to encode to base64 files that are private. Is there any way around this or any quick way to export a large list of files? Thanks!

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If you are trying to get file from outside Bubble, you need to auth with API key (?api_token=yourapikey after file url, or Authorization: Bearer apikey if allowed). However, this is less secure so it’s to be used carefully.

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Thank you @Jici! I’m using the token I’ve created with Authorization: Bearer, but it seems that the encode to base64 does not apply for private files even if you’re logged in.

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Can you share some screenshot of what you are trying todo?

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I’m retrieving a file from the database, then converting it to base64 and returning it to the API. See image below.

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Thanks!

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You will hit the 50M limit of API requests trying to do it that way (base64 encoding) …
Read about that here - Hard limits | Bubble Docs

What you can do is take the URL - with the token @jici mentions and get a signed URL to pull the file content. with api_token=xxxxx as a parameter.

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You are fetching the file using API Connector?
Read this:

Bubble cannot encode it in base64. You need to use a plugin to retrieve the file and encode it as base64

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