https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/image-upload-via-file-upload-or-url Gravity Support Forums Topic: Image upload via file upload -or- URL en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:44:44 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/image-upload-via-file-upload-or-url#post-74118 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 02:09:50 +0000 joeyrudi 74118@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I'm creating a form that allows my users to upload a file destined for a post custom field. They can send me the file via a file upload field or via URL. The file uploader works great: I end up with a GF entry that has the little image icon thingy and I get the file's URL in my post custom field. Nice.</p> <p>My question comes during the URL upload process. I'm able to use gform_pre_render and cURL to grab a file from any URL and save it wherever I want. But what I really want to do is hook into GF's upload process. I see that during a normal file upload, GF creates a temp file and saves it in a temp directory. Once the form is submitted, the file is copied from the temp directory into its final destination; the post's custom field is set accordingly; and the GF entry has that cute icon.</p> <p>My question: If I can grab the file from a URL during gform_pre_render, can I somehow hook into the GF process for saving the file and doing all the other stuff that GF normally does during a file upload?</p> <p>Hope this is clear....</p> <p>Best </p>