The Temporary URL feature (TempURL) allows you to create limited-time Internet addresses which allow you to grant limited access to your Cloud Files account. Using TempURL, you may allow others to retrieve or place objects in your Cloud Files account for as long or as short a time as you wish. Access to the TempURL is independent of whether or not your account is CDN-enabled. And even if you don't CDN-enable a directory, you can still grant temporary public access through a TempURL.
This feature is useful if you want to allow a limited audience to download a file from your Cloud Files account or website. You can give out the TempURL and know that after a specified time, no one will be able to access your object through the address. Or, if you want to allow your audience to upload objects into your Cloud Files account, you can give them a TempURL. After the specified time expires, no one will be able to upload to the address.
Additionally, you need not worry about time running out when someone downloads a large object. If the time expires while a file is being retrieved, the download will continue until it is finished. Only the link will expire.
When you create a TempURL, Cloud Files validates a GET- or PUT-accessible URL which is time-limited.
