Hi,
I am developing an app which would generate files when order is placed. Where’s the right place to store these files?
Should I store it in Shopify Files using Files API? The files could be PDFs, images or even zip files.
@abdulrahim Shopif files API is okay for small, merchant-facing assets but not an ideal as the main storage solution for scalable app-generated files. I think it is better to use the external cloud storage such as Amazon, Cloudfare or Google Cloud Storage.
I would definitely recommend using the Shopify files API. The reason being that you can reference ‘Files’ in order metafields (File reference list) - which is nice!
@bkspace but for the large and scalable generated files, Shopify files API can manage that data as well?
These files could be generated to almost all orders in a store. Does Shopify recommend doing so as it could be PDFs or zip files?