Server: Resume downloads

Created on 7 Aug 2020 · 3Comments · Source: nextcloud/server

[ ] Android @tobiasKaminsky
[ ] Desktop @er-vin
[ ] iOS @marinofaggiana
[ ] Server @nextcloud/server-triage

Clients should try to restart their download in case of network interruptions, so that a big file does not need to get re-downloaded all over again.
As far as I understand this, clients can allready ask server via http range request for specific parts of the file.

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tobiasKaminsky

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I was more thinking about Web-UI.
There is at least on Firefox sometimes the option to resume a download.
Is this already working? If so, you can check server :)

tobiasKaminsky on 7 Aug 2020

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[ ] Server @nextcloud/server-triage

What else is needed here? We already have the Range HTTP headers that should be all that is needed here, right?

MorrisJobke on 7 Aug 2020

I was more thinking about Web-UI.
There is at least on Firefox sometimes the option to resume a download.
Is this already working? If so, you can check server :)

tobiasKaminsky on 7 Aug 2020

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AFAICT the desktop client already knows how to resume downloads (code is clearly there and does the range request).