Questions tagged [cloudfiles]

CloudFiles is Rackspace's Object Storage service, based on OpenStack Swift.

CloudFiles is Rackspace's Object Storage service, which allows you to upload and download arbitrary objects/files. Object containers can be enabled to use a Content Delivery Network (CDN) to make object retrieval faster for users.

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How to get selected Google Drive file id in android?

I am working with the task that selected Google drive file has update into the data base. Here my back end team needs Selected Google drive file id for downloading the file. Downloading process has followed by back end team. In android app side just…
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Cache Django FileField url Lookups

I am using django-storage's Mosso backend to store image files in the Rackspace CDN. However, I am facing very slow page loads due to the back and fourth of model.image_field.url lookups to the api. Does anyone know a good way to cache this value?
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When a file is updated on cloud-files, how long does it take to update the edge CDNs?

Consider a file which is published to Rackspace Cloud Files. If I update this file at noon, how long does it take to migrate to the edge CDNs? Does the CDN only expire the file based on the container's TTL, or does Cloud Files notify the CDN the…
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How to get date modified of a file in cloud files?

How to get date modified of a file in cloud files? I am using the .net SDK from cloud files (not the rack space nu get package). I can get a list of my files and call GetStorageItemInformation size but I want to know when the file was put onto cloud…
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Verify File Uploaded to Rackspace Cloud Files

I'm using the direct form post to Rackspace Cloud Files to upload files, documented here. In the form, I've included the optional "redirect" parameter with a value of "status.php" If a file is successfully uploaded, it will append:…
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jclouds IOExpection: Error writing request body to server

We are using jclouds with Rackspace and when uploading lots of files via cloudfile api (multi threaded) Once in while we are getting an exception on objectApi.put line (see example code at bottom) Exception 16-Jul-2015 11:58:00.811 SEVERE…
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SecurityException when creating new FileInfo on Rackspace

I'm getting the following exception when uploading a file to Rackspace Cloud Files: Security Exception Description: The application attempted to perform an operation not allowed by the security policy. To grant this application the required …
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Optimistic concurrency in Rackspace OpenStack Cloud File

How do you practise optimistic concurrency when updating a Cloud File on Rackspace. In Azure blob storage I would: GET the blob Make a note of its etag Modify the blob Upload the modified blob with etag in an If-None-Match header. This means if…
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Delete a huge amount of files in Rackspace using fog

I have millions of files in my Rackspace Files. I would like to delete a part of them, passing lists of file names instead of deleting one by one, which is very slow. Is there any way to do this with fog? Right now, I have a script to delete each…
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Rails + Paperclips + Rackspace CloudFiles with the Private CDN

I have a Rails application that uses Paperclip to handle uploaded files and we are currently hosted by Rackspace. The application is currently hosted on a single server and I am building out a more scalable solution with load balancers, application…
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Does pyrax use servicenet if it's possible, or should I set it manually?

I'm using pyrax to manipulate Rackspace Cloud Files. Can I force pyrax to use servicenet instead of publicnet, or is it choosen automatically? In django-cumulus settings we have settings.CUMULUS['SERVICENET'] parameter to handle it, but I didn't…
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Upgrading jclouds to 1.6 (from 1.0), using a CDN

I am upgrading jclouds from 1.0 to 1.6. In 1.6 the classes and the methods don't match. I need to implement login to CDN and storing file to CDN. Is there any code that already does this? Thanks a lot
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How to Generate Thumbnail for File Stored on Rackspace CloudFiles

I stored images using Rackspace CloudFiles. Now I want to display it as a gallery in the browser. Is there any way to generate thumbnails from my files from the Rackspace side?
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HLS (m3u8) playback issues with JWPlayer. Crashes flash. Cloud files issue?

http://embed.asset.tv/hls/index.1.html I've been trying to get HLS streaming on JWplayer working for quite a while now. I know JWPlayer supports it. (We have a premium account) We've used the wizard builder and the embed code we use works with…
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How to add Metadata for Rackspace Cloudfile Object?

Using the cloud-files .NET API, I don't see a way to add meta data to objects. I only see a method to get meta data from object. Is there a way to add meta data to a file I have uploaded? I read the doc here at http://openstacknetsdk.org/docs/ , but…
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