Secure File Download Against Email Address Submission

[av-search]

Hello,

Warning: I am a Joomla! newbie

I am currently working on a project for a client wherein I have to set up a 'secure file download against email address submission' solution. Additionally, I would like to implement a PHP script (e.g. download.php) so that the direct link to the file is hidden from the user and that they can not simply pass the link on to someone else to also download the file.

Is there an extension or module that can help me achieve this?

Basically I need a solution which is something like for the one discussed here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/210 ... -downloads

Ideally the user should click on a button (e.g. Download file) which would then prompt them to submit their email address, and then the file downloads immediately.

I am also not a programmer, so I can't do advanced PHP coding. So any guidance on how to set the download.php file up would be of great help and even greatly appreciated!

Looking forward!!

Best,
Ashish

[mandville]

easy - make downloads available to registered users only, then you have their email to spam -- err send more exciting info

[av-search]

easy - make downloads available to registered users only, then you have their email to spam -- err send more exciting info

That would be a wonderfully easy solution But we wouldn't want to force register users. The objective is to only have email addresses for the purpose of contacting pertaining to the download...

[mandville]

perhaps use a search engine to find "joomla email for download" might help
or previously mentioned on this very forum...
https://extensions.joomla.org/tags/downloads/
https://extensions.joomla.org/extension/osdownloads/
or attach to a welcome email like https://extensions.joomla.org/extension ... g-starter/

[av-search]

Hey @mandville, sorry about my disappearance. I thank you and appreciate your response. I've already tried Google search and came across some download extensions. However, none of them really fit our objective. Looks like we might have to get a custom extension developed :-/

[sozzled]

I'm in the process of finishing a simple secure file download extension for J! Of course I can't mention its name or where it can be obtained here, on this forum, because that's self-promoting. I just mention the fact that I, too, was looking for a simple mechanism to guard against people siphoning files off my site just by knowing the filename and I decided the best way to prevent that happening was to build my own extension.

There's nothing wrong with many of the downloaded extensions on the JED, however most of them have a long learning curve or don't accommodate well to other third-party e-commerce/membership subscription schemes.

Cheers.