"WiFi only" option for potentionally data heavy actions

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kintrupf
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"WiFi only" option for potentionally data heavy actions

Post by kintrupf » 23 Jan 2014 08:04

Some actions like "Dropbox Upload Files", "HTTP Request" and "FTP Upload Files" can transfer a lot of data.
With an option "WiFi only" one could save a "WiFi connected" condition before that action.
If the option is checked and no WiFi is connected at runtime the action could either throw an exception or fail silently.

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Re: "WiFi only" option for potentionally data heavy actions

Post by MURTUMA » 23 Jan 2014 10:42

You can use Wi-Fi on and mobile data off actions and execute as needed. For example when you open dropbox app.

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Re: "WiFi only" option for potentionally data heavy actions

Post by kintrupf » 23 Jan 2014 12:03

MURTUMA wrote:You can use Wi-Fi on and mobile data off actions and execute as needed. For example when you open dropbox app.
No, that's not what I mean. I used a flow to backup all flows during the night at a specific time and want to upload them only if WiFi is connected.
Right now I use a "WiFi connected" condition before "Dropbox Upload File", but the flow would look cleaner if I could omit this condition ;-)

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