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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I'd like to be able to set method:"HEAD" on restore options to be able to restore limbo/server-temp files without downloading hundreds of megabytes of previously uploaded binary content before final form submission. Though if I try this the source ID is shown instead of filename, despite response content-disposition header. If the standard "GET" method is used with a response body then the filename is displayed.

e.g. HEAD http://localhost:8080/API?restore=2

HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Length: 123456 Content-Type: application/zip Expires: -1 Content-Disposition: inline; filename="my-file.zip" X-Content-Transfer-Id: 2 Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2021 11:46:50 GMT

This is rendered as a row with identifier "2" and 123 kB size in an green-background already uploaded style.

Describe the solution you'd like I would like HEAD method to be supported on the server resolve action, such that limbo file IDs from a previous page visit can be restored efficiently by not needing to download full content from server when local preview/render is not required. The row should display with the filename text instead of the server ID from the Content-Disposition HEAD response header.

Describe alternatives you've considered Providing a mock file interface within the create() set-up function’s files array works, but means I have to mediate the server-held properties beyond ID to the client to populate the mock objects if I want to avoid the bulk of file downloads.

Additional context <input id="filepond" type="file" accept=".zip,application/zip,application/x-zip-compressed" multiple />

Constructor object used:

{
	required: true,
	server: {
		process: "/API",
		fetch: null,
		restore: {
			url: "/API?restore=",
			method: "HEAD"
		}
	},
	files: [
		{
			// the server file reference
			source: "2",

			// set type to limbo to tell FilePond this is a temp file
			options: {
				type: "limbo",
				file: {
					name: "my-file.zip",
					size: 3001025,
					type: "application/zip"
				}
			}
		}
	]
}

The file prop should be inside the file options prop.

files: [
  {
    source: "2",
    options: {
      type: "limbo",
      file: {
        name: "my-file.zip",
        size: 3001025,
        type: "application/zip"
      }
    }
  }
]

Thanks, I guess I must have confused that with the instance files property.

I would still appreciate if you could see if relatively easy to support HEAD method restore. It's mostly there now, aside from the filename display issue.

I'll definitely consider that for a future release.