Please add MEGA support for 'External Storage' plugin [feature request]

[arno01]

It would be nice to see MEGA support as they offer 50GB of free storage.

[nextcloud-bot]

GitMate.io thinks possibly related issues are #3789 (External storage), #4730 (Storage), #6768 (Media support for Notes app [feature request]), #2097 (Adding OneDrive external storage support), and #9264 ([FEATURE REQUEST] Add support for .MOV format).

[MariusBluem]

MEGA seems to have a WebDAV-Plugin. You may want to try this together with WebDAV mounted as external storage to Nextcloud: https://github.com/meganz/MEGAcmd/blob/master/contrib/docs/WEBDAV.md

[arno01]

@MariusBluem

I wish it would...

According to the https://help.mega.nz/webclient/general.html#can-i-upload-data-using-ftp-sftp-webdav-or-similar

We cannot provide Drive Mapping, SFTP, FTP, AFP, SMB or webDAV service capability. None of these protocols can be supported due to MEGA’s client-side encryption.

[TheHeurist]

Sharing MEGA in Nexcloud
How to share folders from MEGA in Nextcloud:

1. After logging in to MEGA via MEGA-CMD inside a console (DOS, bash, sh,…), simply go to the folder you wish to share with Nextcloud.
2. Type in “webdav .” You will receive a link (displayed in the console).
3. Copy that link or open it in a browser and there are the files you wish to share.
4. Now go to External Storage in Settings(!), not your personal External Storage, and create a WebDAV connector and place that link into the first field (URL) and a “/” in the one just below it (Remote subfolder). Turn off “Secure https://”, because the connection you received from MEGA-CMD is http://
5. Make sure YOUR Nextcloud credentials are in the “Username” and “Password” boxes.
6. Click on the “…” dots and assign the users or groups who should have access to the share.
7. Click on the Checkmark and you’re done!

Have fun with folders in Nextcloud which originate in MEGA. Syncing happens automatically as long as you always create the command shell to run after restarting your computer. Nextcloud needs this shelled “MEGA-CMD” running in the background in order to communicate with MEGA.

If you have any file or folder names containing a “&” in them, they will not display. This is a problem with MEGA and not Nextcloud. Be sure to rename them. Nextcloud simply stops displaying folders or files after their occurrence, because MEGA stops sending data containing the symbol.