Downloading non-Fusion files

[thomasa88]

I'm working on an add-in that will upload and download files in a Fusion project.

This thread points out DataFolder.uploadFile for uploading files.

However, I cannot find any function for downloading files. Is there any?

[goyals · Accepted solution]

May be you can try Forge Data Management API to upload/download the files to Fusion team. https://forge.autodesk.com/en/docs/data/v2/tutorials/download-file/. 

When you open a document in Fusion, it takes care of downloading the file and open it up. The basic workflow is that in case user have some non-fusion files then they can upload it from Fusion directly and then late open it in Fusion from data panel.

[thomasa88]

That sounds exactly like what I would need!

Unfortunately, my add-ins are a side project, so I don't have money to spend on a Forge account.