Prevent downloading files if URL is copied

Question

I have my website e.g. www.abc.com which contains some files which are available to download for login users.

If I copy the URL and paste it into another browser where i didn't logged in still that files are available to download. Can i prevent this from IIS? if yes then How?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 25 '22 at 08:06

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You can try to use HttpHandler to solve this problem.

I find a problem similar to yours and have the corresponding solution, you can refer to this article that explain how you could do this using HttpHandler. Basically a user couldn't download a .txt file withouth going through this handler. It checked if the user was logged in and part of a particular group.

Hope this helps you.

answered May 25 '22 at 08:06

JennyDai

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But HttpHqndler used in asp.net and i'm using MVC – Hitesh Bakal May 25 '22 at 10:13
This can give you a good solution: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57027036/how-can-i-allow-logged-in-users-be-able-to-direct-download-file-from-an-asp-net – JennyDai May 26 '22 at 09:07

Prevent downloading files if URL is copied

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