File

A file field to attach a file to an entity. For media use media entities and entity_references.

Example Usage

label: Card
id: card
description: "A teaser item"
fields:
  # The key will be used to generate the field's machine name.
  # E.g. `attachements` will gnerate field with machine name `field_card_attachements`.
  attachements:
    type: file
    label: Attachments
    description: A list of attachements a user can download.
    has_description_field: true # Use a dedicated description field for the file.
    file_extensions: "pdf doc pptx"
    file_directory: "attachements/[date:custom:Y]-[date:custom:m]"

Properties

Property	Description	Value	Limitations
type	Element Type	select
label	Label to be used for the field	Text	255 chars
description	Description shown to the editors, next to the form item used to capture the value of this field	Text	255 chars
cardinality	Determines how many values to be captured. Use -1 cardinality to capture unlimitted number of values.	integer	>=1 / -1
has_description_field	When uploading a file, the user can also enter a description	boolean
file_extensions	A space separated lists of file extensions which are allowed for upload	string
file_directory	a subfolder where files should be stored. Can include global tokens.	string	no trailing or leading slash