Howto create a new document with downloaded file without writing to disk.

[magauthier36pix]

I was able to do the following:

1. Use XMLHttpRequest to download a file from a server as a blob
2. Convert blob to base64
3. Write base64 content to disk with window.cep.fs.writeFile(filename, base64FileContents, window.cep.encoding.Base64);
4. Call jsx to open new file from disk in photoshop

My question: Is it  possible to open downloaded file in photoshop without writing to disk first? For example:

1. Use XMLHttpRequest to download a file from a server as a blob
2. Call jsx to open new document with received blob without writing to disk first
3. User can save new file to disk from photoshop if he wishes

Thanks in advance

[Jarda Bereza]

I would try to look in Library panel code. You can drag smart object content into document quite easy and smoothly (hold "alt" for SO content). Smart object should be located in cloud. But maybe it's cached.

[magauthier36pix]

Thanks.

I took a look at the Library panel code. There is a lot of minimized js code so it's difficult to follow but I noticed that when I edit a cloud object, a local copy is created (on windows) in c:\users\myuser\AppData\Local\Temp then opened in photoshop

I guess that it is not possible to do (open downloaded file without writing to local disk first). I did not find any example or any mention that it is possible on the web. But I'm not an expert so any confirmation that this is possible or not would be appreciated.

Thanks for your help.