PHP: CurlFile upload with remote URL

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From past few days I have been searching on how to upload file in PHP >=5.5 with Curl. Finally I found the new CurlFile method but cant get it work with remote URLs. Here is the code i am using:

        $access_token = 'MY_API_ACCESS_TOKEN';
        $fields = array(
            "name" => $name,
            "parent" => array(
                "id" => $folder_id
            )
        );
        $another = array(
            'attributes' => json_encode($fields),
            'file' => new CurlFile($remoteUrl)
        );
        $header = array (
            "Authorization: Bearer $access_token",
            "Content-Type: multipart/form-data"
        );
        $options = array(
            CURLOPT_URL => $UPLOAD_URL,
            CURLOPT_POST => true,
            CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => $another,
            CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => $header,
            CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
            CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => false
        );
        $ch = curl_init();
        curl_setopt_array($ch, $options);
        $response = curl_exec($ch);
        curl_close($ch);

When replacing the $remoteUrl with local file path everything works fine.

Q] Is the remote upload possible with CurlFile? If yes what am I doing wrong?

I have exactly the same problem. Did you found the solution yet? — Wouter den Ouden
– Wouter den Ouden, Commented Jun 28, 2016 at 11:42
@WouterdenOuden: Its not possible to upload file with curl for remote URL. Source here: stackoverflow.com/questions/22736756/… — Bony Roopchandani
– Bony Roopchandani, Commented Jun 29, 2016 at 12:48
@WouterdenOuden: Same here. Actually my PHP app was deployed on Heroku which does not has persistent file storage so finding a way to directly upload to storage drive. But I guess I might have to find another option. — Bony Roopchandani
– Bony Roopchandani, Commented Jun 29, 2016 at 12:53
I just realized that i'm able to get the files locally, because there on the same server. But I will remember this :D — Wouter den Ouden
– Wouter den Ouden, Commented Jun 29, 2016 at 13:02

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 10:28:55Z

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Ok I found the answer: Source

Its not possible to upload a remote file with curl. One has to download the file locally first and then use CurlFile to upload.

edited May 23, 2017 at 10:28

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answered Jun 29, 2016 at 12:51

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altiinberiisha · Accepted Answer · 2024-04-29 09:51:17Z

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Try to specify mimeType and name also, in my case :

'file' => new CURLFile($media->sourceUrl(), $media->mimeType(), $media->name())

sourceUrl points to S3 url, mimeType is video/mp4 and the name is video.mp4

answered Apr 29, 2024 at 9:51

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