Sharing a file "raw"

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Nextcloud version (eg, 29.0.5): 29.0.7
Operating system and version (eg, Ubuntu 24.04): Rocky Linux 9
Apache or nginx version (eg, Apache 2.4.25): Apache 2.4.37
PHP version (eg, 8.3): 8.2.24

I need to share a basic text file that is then read by an external automation.
If I do this via NC, it won’t work because when you share a file, even if it’s just a basic text file, it will present that in the NC-styled webpage with the banner, logo, etc.

Is it possible to just share a raw file without the “presentation”? Just as if I was exposing a .txt file to a normal web server?

If this could be done within NC, that would be great as it would allow easy editing within NC. But if I have to just host it as a raw file in Apache outside of NC, that’s OK, but not preferred.

Thanks.

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Maybe you can add /download to the share. That always works also if download is not allowed.

old:
https://cloud.server.tld/s/abcdefghijklmno
new:
https://cloud.server.tld/s/abcdefghijklmno/download

For better names you can use the app Configurable Share Links. This also has the advantage that URLs can be reused even if the share is replaced.

3

Thank you for this, I was unaware of the /download option. I will give it a go.

4

It may be that it is an undocumented feature. Because you can also use it to download files where the “Download” is not displayed.

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