What does the file-picker do?

The CERNBox File-picker provides a way to integrate a cloud storage into other applications.

It can be embedded in a web, and will show a file browser which allows the users to navigate their CERNBox storage.

The File-picker features two use cases:

• Select files from the user storage and make them available to the parent application via their URL a public link.
• Select a location from the user storage and pass it to the parent application for it to upload files into.

Once the user has made a selection, it will send the parent application URLs or public links for the selected files.

The File-picker handles authentication into CERNBox itself, and in the case of using file URLs, those include a token to grant access for the parent application. When using public links this is not needed.

How to use it

Here is a small guide to integrate CERNBox in a site using the File-picker.

• How to embed the file-picker in your site, different modes of operation and configuration parameters.
• How to get files from CERNBox once the user has selected some.
• How to style the file-picker.

How to set up your own

• Setting up a File-picker for your ownCloud instance.