Problems with setting viewer.previewUrl

[justingit]

I'm trying to use RichFilemanager with CKEditor. I still cannot get RichFilemanager to return the URL of the image I've selected, no matter what I try. Instead, I continue to get the Connector URL.

In my setup, files are to be uploaded in a folder outside of RichFilemanager:

Absolute Server Path:
/home/myaccount/public_html/file_uploads

URL:
http://example.com/file_uploads

RichFileManager is set up at:

Absolute Server Path:
/home/myaccount/public_html/RichFilemanager-2.2.2

URL:
http://example.com/RichFilemanager-2.2.2

I am under the impression that viewer.previewUrl in config.filemanager.config.json will be used if set to a URL of the parent folder, and viewer.absolutePath is set to, true:

"viewer": {
    "absolutePath": true,
    "previewUrl": "http://example.com/file_uploads/",

I have set up, RichFilemanager-2.2.2/connectors/php/config.php with the following:

    "serverRoot" => false,
    "fileRoot" => "/home/myaccount/public_html/file_uploads/",

Selecting a file will still generate a URL like this,

 http://example.com/RichFilemanager-2.2.2/connectors/php/filemanager.php?mode=readfile&path=file.jpg&time=1488412519863

What am I doing incorrect?

[psolom]

Your setup is completely correct.
There was a bug that prevented to use absolute path, even when "previewUrl" is set explicitly in combination with your server-side options. I have fixed it at the DEV branch. Check it and post the feedback, please. I will include the bugfix in the next release if it works for you.

[justingit]

As always, I appreciate your reply. I'll try out the dev. branch and report my findings,

[justingit]

The changes made in the dev branch make the app behave in a correct way.

One question: why is there a ?time= query string added to the URL of the image?

[psolom]

It is used to disable image caching while preview, however it's useless upon selection. I've been going to remove it for a long time. Seems the time has come )

[psolom]

Fixed, check it, please.

[justingit]

Fixed, check it, please.

Yup, that removes the timestamp in the query string.

[psolom]

Fixed in v2.3.0