When using powerpoint, excel or word plugins that require downloading files from the plugins server, the default behaviour is to reference the server as http://localhost:3000 which will fail when the user tries to download the files.
For example, here's the output after using the powerpoint plugin on TypingMind:
{"success":true,"message":"File generated successfully","responseObject":{"downloadUrl":"http://localhost:3000/powerpoint-generator/downloads/your-presentation-20250313095508748.pptx"},"statusCode":200}
To fix this users can add the RENDER_EXTERNAL_URL variable to their .env. I recommend the .env.example be updated with the following line to make it more obvious how to fix this issue:
RENDER_EXTERNAL_URL="http://localhost:3000" # replace with your plugins server endpoint url
When using powerpoint, excel or word plugins that require downloading files from the plugins server, the default behaviour is to reference the server as
http://localhost:3000which will fail when the user tries to download the files.For example, here's the output after using the powerpoint plugin on TypingMind:
To fix this users can add the
RENDER_EXTERNAL_URLvariable to their.env. I recommend the.env.examplebe updated with the following line to make it more obvious how to fix this issue: