Forums: CSVImport File Download Problem

  1. Davvolun : Member | 6 months ago

    I'm trying to test CsvImport, I keep getting an error when I import:

    Import Error: Invalid File Download
    http://<omeka_install>/plugins/Dropbox/files/nar.00883.001_large.jpg

    URL is not readable or does not exist: http://<omeka_install>/plugins/Dropbox/files/nar.00883.001_large.jpg

    However, if I grab the URL it gives me, and paste it into a browser, I'm able to view the image just fine. Additionally, if I import the file directly through Dropbox, everything works fine ("Successfully uploaded", created an item with the file, etc)

    Using Omeka 1.1, Dropbox 0.4, CsvImport 1.2

  2. Davvolun : Member | 6 months ago

    Ha just realized those links didn't come through quite right. I pulled the actual server out of them on general principle.

    Maybe this will work?

    http://<omeka_install>/plugins/Dropbox/files/nar.00883.001_large.jpg

    http://<omeka_install>/plugins/Dropbox/files/nar.00883.001_large.jpg

  3. Davvolun : Member | 6 months ago

    Here's the entire test csv file:

    filepath
http://omeka_install/plugins/Dropbox/files/nar.00883.001_large.jpg

    Not sure if that will come through like I expect, but basically the csv file has one field 'filepath' and the only record is a URL (which, if you paste it into a browser it works just fine). Note that this was thinned down from a more complete csv file, the same problem was occurring when there were more fields and multiple records.

    The omeka_install directory (again, not the actual name), has 775 permissions, with apache:omeka_install ownership, and the apache user is part of the omeka_install group (not that that should be necessary but oh well)

  4. wanderingwill : Omeka Dev Team | 6 months ago

    I'm not able to access the url you just posted. Have you tried using a url that is publicly accessible?

  5. Davvolun : Member | 6 months ago

    Figured it out with the help of clioweb and wanderingwill at #omeka on chat.freenode.net. Thanks again!

    The issue is that allow_url_fopen on our server was set to Off, *but* since CsvImport uses the cli-php (Command Line Interface (?) PHP), that is where you need to change your setting. On our server, in /etc/php, there are two directories: apache2-php5 and cli-php5. I needed to put the following in /etc/php/cli-php5/php.ini:

    allow_url_fopen = On

    There should be a line that says allow_url_fopen = Off already in the file, either remove it or replace it.

    I believe this would have worked had we used a system path e.g. '/var/www/localhost/htdocs/plugins/Dropbox/files/nar.00883.001_large.jpg' also, if you don't want to set open up file access and don't need URL access.

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