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title = "Upload directly from the browser or email client"
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[extra]
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author = "gandy92"
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# Uploading from browser or email client
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An alternative approach came to mind to directly upload from a browser
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or email client that at least works on a Linux system. In case this is
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interesting for others, I'd like to share it here.
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1. Create and activate a source in your collective (in this example
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MYCOLL); note that path to the file upload (the one with
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`/api/v1/open/upload/item/`)
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2. Create a file `docspell-upload-MYCOLL` with the following content (replace `UPLOAD_PATH` with the actual path):
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```
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#!/bin/bash
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logger -t docspell_upload -- Docspell upload to MYCOLL: "$*" $(
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curl -s -XPOST -F file=@"$1" UPLOAD_PATH
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)
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```
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3. Make it executable: `chmod 755 docspell-upload-MYCOLL`
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4. Create a file named `docspell-MYCOLL.desktop` with the following
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content (note that you need the full path to
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`docspell-upload-MYCOLL`):
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```
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[Desktop Entry]
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Exec=PATH_TO_docspell-upload-MYCOLL %F
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MimeType=application/pdf;application/x-zip;application/x-zip-compressed;application/zip
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Name=Docspell Upload (MYCOLL)
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NoDisplay=true
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Type=Application
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```
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5. Place the file `docspell-MYCOLL.desktop` in
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`$HOME/.local/share/applications/`
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6. Configure your browser or mail-reader actions for pdf and zip: They
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should always ask what to do rather than opening a link or
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attachment with the standard application or save it to disk by
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default. Actually, always opening a pdf in the browser is fine, if
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this allows to later save the viewed file.
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Now, when clicking on a file link or attachment, the browser or email
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client should ask what to do. You then should be able to choose
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"Docspell Upload (MYCOLL)" from the list, which will upload the file
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to your collection.
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If anything goes wrong, you can monitor the server response with the
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command `journalctl -f -t docspell_upload`
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