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I have developed a page which uses Code to edit entries in a Collection.

This includes uploading images into a field in the Collection.

These images are given a very long/obscure URL and do not appear in the Site Editor image store.

My question is - what happens to the image storage used when the row in the Collection is deleted?

I hope it is automatically ‘garbage collected’! I don’t want to find that I run out of space after years of operation!!

Thank-You

the code to upload the image is:
export function saveButton_click_1(event) {
if ($w(“#myUploadButton”).value.length > 0) { // user chose a file
//console.log(Uploading '${$w("#myUploadButton").value[0].name}');
$w(“#myUploadButton”).startUpload()
.then( (uploadedFile) => {
//console.log(“Upload successful. File is available here:”);
//console.log(uploadedFile.url);
$w(“#image1”).src = uploadedFile.url;
let toSave = {
title: $w(“#StockNumber”).value,
image: $w(“#image1”).src,
description: $w(“#Description”).value ,
price: $w(“#Price”).value,
sold: $w(“#Sold”).value ,
new : $w(“#NewIn”).value ,
stock: $w(“#Stock”).value
};

wixData.save(“Stock”, toSave)
} )
. catch ( (uploadError) => {
console.log(File upload error: ${uploadError.errorCode});
console.log(uploadError.errorDescription);
} );
}

}

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Hey,
The image URL is saved in a collection, and not in the Media Manager . Therefore, when deleting a row in a collection, it is removed from the collection and not saved in the Media Manager.

I hope it’s clear.

Best,
Tal.

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The URL is just a ‘pointer’ and yes indeed when a row is deleted the image url is deleted - I want to confirm that the image itself is deleted, and does not remain in my wix site memory storage.

Thank-you

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Hey! As you noticed, in collection we only store URLs to Images. In order to actually delete uploaded image, you’d need to go to Wix Media Manager and delete it from there.

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@adas-bradauskas Afas, you cannot do what you suggested IFF user_who_uploads != site admin.
I reported this bug/feature a year ago and it still is not solved. Images do NOT appear in Media Manager, nor in the “Files” option of the Image component in edit mode.
So @dhrh has a valid question, I believe.

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Hello Adas

I am uploading images in a Page using the wix explicit ‘upload image’ button

export function saveButton_click_1(event) { if ($w(" #myUploadButton “).value.length > 0) {
// user chose a file
//console.log(Uploading '${$w(" [#myUploadButton](https://www.wix.com/code/home/forum/search/posts%3Fquery=.num.myUploadButton) ").value[0].name}'); $w(” #myUploadButton “).startUpload()
.then( (uploadedFile) => {
//console.log(“Upload successful. File is available here:”);
//console.log(uploadedFile.url);
$w(” #image1 “).src = uploadedFile.url;
let toSave = {
title: $w(” #StockNumber “).value,
image: $w(” #image1 “).src,
description: $w(” #Description “).value ,
price: $w(” #Price “).value,
sold: $w(” #Sold “).value ,
new : $w(” #NewIn “).value ,
stock: $w(” #Stock ").value };
wixData.save (“Stock”, toSave) } )
. catch ( (uploadError) => {
console.log(File upload error: ${uploadError.errorCode});
console.log(uploadError.errorDescription); } ); } }

This image is not stored in the Media Manager (or more accurately - I can not find it there!)

However, whilst I can use this Page to update/edit records in my Collection in Preview mode it
does NOT update the Collection if I use it in my Published Site. I have checked Permissions -
which are all set to Anyone.

So I appear to have two problems - garbage collection on my uploaded images, and with
wixData.save("Stock’, toSave) only seems to work in Preview Mode.

Help required - this is a major, major issue for me

David

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@giri-zano

Interesting, thank-you - a bit of a disaster to say the least!

I don’t understand your comment “IFF user_who_uploads != site admin” - I am the site owner and whilst I can upload images and edit the Collection in Preview mode - I cannot do it in the Published site!

Is Site admin not the same as site owner?

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@dhrh You can actually edit live data through Dashboard, there’s a dedicate section “Database”. In it, you can access Media Manager and delete unnecessary images there. But I agree that it’s not ideal for your use case.