Events let you specific actions to occur after a user does something.  This includes uploads, downloads, and deletes.

Most people use the events to generate an email notification after files have been uploaded.

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You could also run a plugin to do a specific action such as moving an uploaded file to another directory, or running your own external process.

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If you want to send a direct link from the upload event, you can achieve it with the next plugin.

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