getAttachmentURL | S-Drive Documentation

Returns a temporary, expiring URL for a single S-Drive file — meant for your own Salesforce-side code (Apex, Visualforce, LWC) to use directly, e.g. to render an image inline on a page or link to a file from a custom component.

How to call this method

global static String getAttachmentURL(String parentId, String fileObjectId, Long timeValue)

global static String getAttachmentURL(String parentId, String fileObjectId, Long timeValue, Map<String,String> requestParameters)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`parentId`	`String`	Yes	Id of the parent object the file belongs to. Accepts both 15- and 18-character Salesforce Id formats.
`fileObjectId`	`String`	Yes	Id of the file record to get a URL for. To get an older version's URL instead of the current one, pass that version's file record Id here.
`timeValue`	`Long`	Yes	How long the URL stays valid, in seconds (e.g. `60` for one minute).
`requestParameters`	`Map<String,String>`	No	Extra request parameters for the URL — most notably `response-content-disposition`, which controls whether the URL opens the file inline or downloads it. See `getAttachmentURLs` for the full explanation and examples of open vs. download URLs, which apply here too.

Return value

Returns a String — the URL for the file.

Example

Rendering an image file from S-Drive Account Attachments directly on the Account page:

public with sharing class ExamplePageController {
    private String fileURL = '';

    public ExamplePageController(ApexPages.StandardController controller) {
        Account acct = (Account) controller.getRecord();

        List<cg__AccountFile__c> accountFiles = [
            SELECT Id FROM cg__AccountFile__c
            WHERE cg__WIP__c = false
              AND cg__Content_Type__c = 'image/jpg'
              AND cg__Account__c = :acct.Id
        ];

        if (!accountFiles.isEmpty()) {
            fileURL = cg.SDriveTools.getAttachmentURL(acct.Id, accountFiles[0].Id, 1 * 60); // 1 * 60 = one minute
        } else {
            fileURL = 'http://www.cyangate.com/noimage.jpg';
        }
    }

    public String getFileURL() {
        return fileURL;
    }
}

HTML

<apex:page standardController="Account" extensions="ExamplePageController">
    <apex:image url="{!fileURL}" />
</apex:page>

Add this Visualforce page to the Account page layout, and it displays the account's image file (or a placeholder if none exists) using a URL that expires one minute after the page loads.