Question: I've been looking for a service like this, but have had no luck, so far. Perhaps I overlooked something during my search. I need to find a cloud-based file-storage and sharing service that will let me upload file from a URL via API. Is there a solution on VeryPDF?
Answer: When you need to upload file from URL by cloud based file sharing API, maybe you can have a free trial of VeryPDF PDF Form Filler by which you can upload file through URL and then share it with your friends, clients and others. This API allows you to upload file from URL or local file both and then archive files according to updated date. When uploading finishes, everyone could check them by inputting its name in searching blank. By this function, you can store file on VeryPDF server. Please check more functions of this software on homepage, in the following part, I will show you how to use this function.
Step 1.Please open website of PDF Form Filler and upload file from URL.
- When open website of PDF Form Filler, please go to tab of User Shared whose API interface looks like the following snapshot.
- First, please choose a date folder to save the uploaded file from left and then click the last icon at top right then you will see dialogues box which looks like the above snapshot.
- Please input the URL of file which you need to upload in the blank and then press button OK. You can upload files from URL.
- When uploading finishes, the uploaded file will be listed in the table where you can check it freely.
Step 2. Check uploaded file.
- When uploading finishes, uploaded file will be listed in the table which look like the following snapshot.
- Please right click the added file then you will see dropdown list like I showed in above snapshot. From the dropdown list, you can add comments to added file, annotate added file, sign signature to uploaded file, view it, check it detail information, download it and do others.
- The uploaded files will not be listed always there. When you need to share it with others, please let the users to search it by its searching function. There are five icons on the top right, please click the middle one then you can search uploaded file by inputting it name.
- By those function, you can fulfill uploading file from URL, share online file and then store online file.
This cloud based service is totally free, there is no payment charged. During the using, if you have any question, please contact us as soon as possible.