Managing your public links in the Manage Links window

While you can quickly create a public link in a couple of steps right in the Data window, the real meat of using public links is in the Manage Public Links window. From this window, you can create or copy an existing one, delete data links, and access advanced sharing to send a URL that allows the user to upload the file via URL to the DE, or send iRods iCommands, Wget, or cURL commands.

Step 1: Open the Manage Data Links window

1. In the middle section of the Data window, select the file.

2. Click the Share menu and then click Create a Public Link.

Step 2. Share the link

Do one of the following:

Create a new public link

1. In the Manage Public Links window, click the file name and then click Create.
   The new link is added below the file name.

2. Click the new link and then click Copy Link.

3. In the Copy dialog, copy the link and click OK.

4. Close the window.

5. Open the message application to use (email client, twitter, or chat window) and paste the link to the item.

6. Send the message.

7. Verify that the recipient has downloaded the file.

8. Continue to Step 3 to delete the public link.

Send an existing public link

1. In the Manage Public Links window, click the link to use, click Done, and then close the window.

2. Open the message application to use (email client, twitter, or chat window), paste the link to the item, and then send the message.

3. Verify that the recipient has downloaded the file.

4. Continue to Step 3 to delete the public link.

Use advanced sharing (URL, iCommands, Wget, or cURL commands)

1. In the Manage Public Links window, click the link, and click Advanced Sharing. Select the alternative download method to use, click Copy, and then close the window.

2. Open the message application to use (email client, twitter, or chat window), paste the URL link to the item, and send the message.
   If you shared the file, the link takes the recipient to your username Shared With Me folder in the recipient's Data window.
   If you did not share the file, the link opens a download page from which the recipient can download the file.

3. Verify that the recipient has downloaded the file.

4. Continue to Step 3 to delete the public link.

Step 3. Delete the public link

1. Open the Manage Public Links window.

2. Click the red icon to the left of the file:

   Open

   

   
   The public link is removed from the file, and future attempts to download it will display the message, "That ticket does not exist".