Is it possible to merely read files without actually uploading them to the cloud?

[cade-bryant-swbc]

By default, the widget connects to a cloud provider (e.g. Bytescale) and uploads/saves the files there.

In my use case, however, I don't need to actually save the files. I just need to read their textual data. (The files I am working with are text and/or JSON files, not images. My workflow is basically (1) Read the raw text of files from the filesystem; (2) do something with that raw text.)

Is there a way to do this? Can I force the widget to not call the cloud storage provider?

[ljwagerfield]

At present, the Upload Widget always saves files at the point of user selection.

We're looking to change this in the future, such that the developer has the option to choose if/when the files are uploaded, although I can't provide an ETA on this.

I hope that helps!

[PatrykKuniczak]

@ljwagerfield I want it also, why this feature isn't implemented yet?

This is amazing component and this cloud integration is also very good solution, for serverless apps, but i want to store data on my database, let's do it in the near future, for dev purposes i will be using this overall, but i hope, you can implement this feature this year 😄