topic How can web app use esri/request to upload binary file by url (from cloud) to geoprocessing tool? in Web AppBuilder Custom Widgets Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/web-appbuilder-custom-widgets-questions/how-can-web-app-use-esri-request-to-upload-binary/m-p/1137890#M14685 <P>I use WebAppBuilder 2.22 to develop 3D web apps (esri js API 4.22) with custom widgets for our portal.</P><P>I published geoprocessing service to our portal and I need to give it an input file.</P><P>My web app uses esri/request to upload a PC file, but I need the web app to also be able to automatically upload from url (when there is a file in the Amazon AWS cloud).</P><P>Is there a way to do this?</P><P><STRONG>1. Could ESRI add to esri/request an option to upload the file from URL?</STRONG></P><P><STRONG>2.</STRONG> <STRONG>Until ESRI add this capability, how can I conceive to do this? The file is binary. The web app can read it from the cloud, but how will the web app pass it correctly to the geoprocessing tool?</STRONG></P><P>Help will be greatly appreciated.</P> Thu, 27 Jan 2022 15:24:47 GMT MichaelLev 2022-01-27T15:24:47Z How can web app use esri/request to upload binary file by url (from cloud) to geoprocessing tool? https://community.esri.com/t5/web-appbuilder-custom-widgets-questions/how-can-web-app-use-esri-request-to-upload-binary/m-p/1137890#M14685 <P>I use WebAppBuilder 2.22 to develop 3D web apps (esri js API 4.22) with custom widgets for our portal.</P><P>I published geoprocessing service to our portal and I need to give it an input file.</P><P>My web app uses esri/request to upload a PC file, but I need the web app to also be able to automatically upload from url (when there is a file in the Amazon AWS cloud).</P><P>Is there a way to do this?</P><P><STRONG>1. Could ESRI add to esri/request an option to upload the file from URL?</STRONG></P><P><STRONG>2.</STRONG> <STRONG>Until ESRI add this capability, how can I conceive to do this? The file is binary. The web app can read it from the cloud, but how will the web app pass it correctly to the geoprocessing tool?</STRONG></P><P>Help will be greatly appreciated.</P> Thu, 27 Jan 2022 15:24:47 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/web-appbuilder-custom-widgets-questions/how-can-web-app-use-esri-request-to-upload-binary/m-p/1137890#M14685 MichaelLev 2022-01-27T15:24:47Z