What is the External Media module?
External Media is a universal file picker module with support for Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, OneDrive, Instagram*, Unsplash*, AWS* or any remote URL* and many more and import them into Drupal.
Form Element
The new form element would allow you to add external services such as Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, OneDrive, AWS, Unsplash, Instagram, Pixabay, Pexels and other services, in addition to regular file choose field.
All with just adding External Media module as a dependency.
This is how it could be done in your custom forms:
'#type' => (\Drupal::moduleHandler()->moduleExists('external_media')) ? 'external_media' : 'managed_file',
If you would like to force your module to use External Media add dependency to the module's .info file:
dependencies:
- drupal:external_mediaImage and File fields
The module supports both File and Image field types and allows control of visibility of each plugin individually in addition to permissions. File extension and cardinality field settings are respected in popup widgets when supported.
* - available in the Premium version of the module.
Third-party contrib modules
Project information
- Project categories: Import and export, Media, Site structure
276 sites report using this module- Created by minnur on , updated
Stable releases for this project are covered by the security advisory policy.
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