Batch Create Links

Create links on all files inside a folder and generate a CSV.

This Flow automatically creates a unique public link for every files in a folder, and generates a reporting CSV with all links URLs.

How It Works

The Flow basically loops on all files and call the "Create Link" action on them. The "Merge" features allows to resynchronize the loop and gather all generated links (as metadata of each Node), finally creating a unique CSV. For each node, the Link URL is retrieved with the GeneratedLinkURL key in its metadata.

Note about links: a link owner must always be provided to create a public link, thus the first action that loads a user by its login at the beginning of the flow.

Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Mandatory	Description
FolderPath	text		true	Path to folder where to list and create links
OwnerLogin	text	admin	true	A link owner is mandatory to create public link with correct permissions.
CSVReport	boolean	false	false	Create a CSV report with all new links.
OutputCSVFile	text	GeneratedLinks.csv	true	CSV file where all generated links will be written.
ExpirationDate	text		false	Optional expiration date for public links - golang duration to now.

Trigger Type

Manual

JSON Representation

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