How do I upload external attachments?

[Polly Nuth]

In the version 1.4.2 of the External Attachments add-on on Confluence 5.8.14, I am unable to upload an external attachment.

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In the above screenshot, if I were to enter a "Name" and a URL to a publicly shared (no sign in required) document on OneDrive, pressing the "Upload" button does nothing and "Insert" stays grayed out.

How do I attach external documents to a Confluence page?

[Milo Test]

Dragging the files onto the Confluence page is generally less problematic than any other method.

[Polly Nuth]

How do I drag a remote file that is being referenced by a URL into a Confluence page?

[Milo Test]

You mentioned OneDrive. Just open your OneDrive folder and drag the file onto the Confluence page.

Keep in mind that neither the attach dialog nor the drag method will maintain a connection to the external file. A version of the file will now reside within Confluence and be completely disconnected from the file in OneDrive.

[Polly Nuth]

That defeats the purpose of using the external attachment add-on.

[Milo Test]

Did you try the Get a link option in the Share dialog, to generate a URL to paste into the URL field?

[Polly Nuth]

Per my original post, I've tried entering the URL (no sign in required) that was obtained from OneDrive. When I press the "Upload" button, it does nothing.

[Milo Test]

Have you tried contacting the developer: support@decoy.sk?

[Polly Nuth]

I have and have not gotten a response yet (been about 2 days).

[Milo Test]

Have you tried adding https://onedrive.live.com to the Whitelist?

[Polly Nuth]

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Not exactly sure where the "white list" is, but I am able to configure an "external server" under the configuration for the External Application add-on.  This is not ideal since a username is required.

At any rate, adding the external server doesn't make a difference.  

Attaching/uploading an external attachment still does not work.

[Milo Test]

I'm talking about the Confluence Whitelist:

Gear -> General configuration -> Whitelist (in the USERS & SECURITY area)

[Polly Nuth]

Not sure if whitelisting helped.

I added the url and tested ok.  I enabled both outgoing and incoming.

I attempted to add an external attachment and it still doesn't do anything when I click on attach/upload.

[Milo Test]

[Shrugs] It was worth a try.