Disable Download option in File Manager

[rocheston]

How do I disable the 'Download' option in the File Manager application? I don't want users to download anything. They can upload documents though.

[andersevenrud]

This is currently not possible to disable via an option. It could be added pretty easily though.

I'll have a look into this ASAP.

[hello-smile6]

Couldn't people download files using the same path as is used for HTML viewing?

[rocheston]

Thanks. I want to restrict people from downloading copyrighted content.

[hello-smile6]

Thanks. I want to restrict people from downloading copyrighted content.

You'd probably want to use Youtube embeds, then. If you send the data to the browser unencrypted, someone will figure out how to get it.

[rocheston]

Encrypted using Cloudflare with Argo tunnel.

[hello-smile6]

Encrypted using Cloudflare with Argo tunnel.

But it's decrypted client-side to play the video, right?

[rocheston]

Make it hard for someone to figure that out. I will be hosting company videos, PDF, Word documents, configuration files, training materials, etc. I don't want the user to know you can download easily.

Just like Youtube. You can download the videos if you know the right tool like wondershare but for a normal person, there is a 'no download' button.

I understand this is not a super-duper content protection security mechanism. I simply don't want the download option in my case. I'm building a read-only portal with osjs for an internal work deployment project.

[andersevenrud]

If you update @osjs/filemanager-application you can now to the following in your client config:

// src/client/config.js
export default {
  filemanager: {
    disableDownload: true
  }
}

Then rebuild with npm run build and the menu item should disappear.

[rocheston]

Your solution totally worked. Awesome. The Download option is gone from the file manager application. Thank you, Anders. OS.js makes the best Intranet portal for organizations. What a beautiful platform. And your support is fantastic. Thanks again.