Can we save MP4 file using file upload and use it in UI?

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Hi, 
 I am trying to experiment on Video Field and I would like to upload my videos to appian and play them in UI. As I am implementing this, I got stuck as a!webVideo taking URL as source but how can I implement this?

Dan Lluhi · Answer

I don't believe there is a way to directly play a video stored as an Appian Document (uploaded by the user). As you noted the a!videoField requires that the a!webVideo is hosted at some URL. If this is a requirement then you may need to find a way to programmatically take the user's uploaded video file, host it somewhere, and then use a!webVideo pointed to that URL.

Mike Schmitt · Answer

David's proposed context, as seen above, works for me - "[environment]/suite/doc/[docId]". That's not what you have in your screenshot. 
 Edit: I like Yogi's suggestion below - I'd personally forgotten about the (newer, i think) "url" option for the "document()" function, but this is ideal because it constructs the URL for us automatically, and (for what it's worth) encrypts the Doc ID in the resulting URL.

Can we save MP4 file using file upload and use it in UI?

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