Access to raw static files without "/raw/upload" path

goo blog

December 27, 2018 11:23 Edited

Hi,

 

I understand we can upload static files such as .css, .js, .ico and tiny material images and they are accessible with URL like '/raw/upload/foo/bar/favico.ico'.

https://cloudinary.com/blog/using_cloudinary_to_manage_all_your_website_s_assets_in_the_cloud

And I also understand that image files can be accessed without `/image/upload`.
https://cloudinary.com/blog/how_to_dynamically_create_seo_friendly_urls_for_your_site_s_images

 

Due to some reason, we'd like to deliver these static files without '/raw/upload'.

Let's say, we have all of such materials under a directory, '/static' recursively.

```
/static
    /img
       clear.gif
       smile.png
    /css
        common.css
        banner.css
```

For instance, in `/css/common.css`
```
li a {
    background: url(/static/smile.png) no-repeat 2px 1px;
}

```

CSS points an absolute path `/static/smile.png` and we cannot modify it to `/raw/upload/static/smile.png` due to some reason.

Is it possible to access them with `/static/......` ?

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  Shirly Manor

  December 28, 2018 18:19

  When accessing raw files `/raw/upload` should be replaced by `/files`. For example, for original file:

  https://res.cloudinary.com/demo/raw/upload/sample_spreadsheet.xls

  https://res.cloudinary.com/demo/files/sample_spreadsheet.xls/excel-file

   

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  ryanbuckley

  October 24, 2020 21:22

  This would be a very helpful thing to include in the documentation.

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  Aleksandar Kostadinov

  October 24, 2020 22:22

  Hi Ryan,

  Please see the following section in the documentation that provides details on SEO suffixes, including "/raw/upload/" => "/files/" that Shirly mentioned.
  https://cloudinary.com/documentation/advanced_url_delivery_options#dynamic_seo_suffixes

  If you have any questions please let us know.

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  ryanbuckley

  October 24, 2020 22:36

  Hey Aleksandar, thanks for such a quick reply! Unfortunately after following that resource I wasn't able to access my files still.

  When I click on my file and Copy link, I get this:

  https://res.cloudinary.com/myaccountname/raw/upload/v1603577118/myprojectfolder/mysubfolder/bbfitr07w3q07enedisb.pdf

  When I replace raw/upload/ with files/ i just get a 404 error

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  Aleksandar Kostadinov

  October 25, 2020 08:47

  Hi Ryan,

  That's most likely due to the new restriction on delivery of PDFs/Archive files by default. I see that you have already raised a ticket regarding that directly to us via Zendesk. We'll be able to respond there about removing this restriction for your account.

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  Furqan Yousuf

  January 11, 2021 14:33

  Please point me to documentation regarding this restriction, and do we need to individually request to remove this?

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  Stephen Doyle

  January 12, 2021 09:09

  Hi Furqan,

  The restriction on PDF and archive delivery for new accounts is mentioned here:

  https://cloudinary.com/documentation/paged_and_layered_media#delivering_content_from_pdf_files

  https://cloudinary.com/documentation/image_delivery_options#blocked_delivery_formats_for_security

  If you have a free account and would like to deliver such files, please create a request for our support team and let us know some more about the files that you want to deliver, what content is inside them, and who will be permitted to upload them to your account

  Thanks,

  Stephen

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