# Add download attachment as one of permission aside create/view and reply
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-download-attachment-as-one-of-permission-aside-create-view-and-reply/16950
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [6월 28, 2014, 1:31오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-download-attachment-as-one-of-permission-aside-create-view-and-reply/16950 "2014-06-28T13:31:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@tuananh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tuananh)
#### Post date: [6월 28, 2014, 1:31오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-download-attachment-as-one-of-permission-aside-create-view-and-reply/16950/1 "2014-06-28T13:31:51Z")
Add download attachment as one of permission aside create/view and reply
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### Author:  [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [6월 29, 2014, 3:37오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-download-attachment-as-one-of-permission-aside-create-view-and-reply/16950/2 "2014-06-29T03:37:57Z")
How exactly would you propose this be done?
For the record, at the moment uploaded files do _not_ pass through the Rails server at all, only Nginx - all uploads are public if you know the URL - therefore, this would be a significant performance hit at the least.
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### Author:  [@tuananh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tuananh)
#### Post date: [6월 29, 2014, 4:15오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-download-attachment-as-one-of-permission-aside-create-view-and-reply/16950/3 "2014-06-29T04:15:40Z")
Url generated by secret key of each user i think. Only applied for those who has download permission which will be a subset of userbase so it may reduce performance hit
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### Author:  [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [6월 29, 2014, 6:25오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-download-attachment-as-one-of-permission-aside-create-view-and-reply/16950/4 "2014-06-29T06:25:26Z")
I suggest you use some other service to handle file downloading permissions. This is out of scope for Discourse.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [6월 29, 2014, 7:48오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-download-attachment-as-one-of-permission-aside-create-view-and-reply/16950/5 "2014-06-29T07:48:29Z")
I really don’t see what problem this feature would be solving.
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [6월 29, 2014, 11:58오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-download-attachment-as-one-of-permission-aside-create-view-and-reply/16950/6 "2014-06-29T11:58:54Z")
I am more concerned about attachment _upload_ being tied in with Trust Level and hope it will solve a lot of Moderator “approval” .work
I could see where attachment _download_ might be useful for those wanting some sort of premium content thing, but that would be more plugin territory no?
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [12월 4, 2025, 11:31오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-download-attachment-as-one-of-permission-aside-create-view-and-reply/16950/7 "2025-12-04T11:31:03Z")