Get fielsize from filemanager into module

[Anton]

Hey fellow community members, 

I'm building a module for our ressources page an would like to display the filesize of each file which is uploaded to the filemanager in a module which gets all the other information from a HubDB. The current workaround is a textfield where the colleague who will manage the HubDB can input a number and then it is displayed with the |filesize and a multiplier filter in the module. But since this isn't very convinient convinient my idea was to automate this step.

Anybody an idea?

best, 

Anton

[stefen · Accepted solution]

@Anton You can find that by using the file_by_id HubL function like so:

{% set file = file_by_id(123) %} 
{{ file.size }}
<!-- this will print the size in bytes -->

However, the issue I've run into with this is that it's not very easy to get a file ID to use with this function since it's not really a user facing ID or a field available in custom modules. If you find a way to surface this ID easily I'd love to know.

[Anton]

Man, I feel kinda dumb right now 😀

Thank you very much. Works flawlessly with HubDB

Yeah, you're right... It's a bummer that if you use the "image" function in a custom module you only get the url and the sizes... If I come up with something I will keep you in touch.

Maybe with the new files API(when it's gonna be availibe) you will be able to get the ID by file url

best, 

Anton