Drupal 8 file download tracking

I would not like to directly expose the file location. It will not show the actual file path to the user. In the end, you'd need a solution that ensures a BinaryFileResponse from a controller, you can see an example in my module. You will want to create a route and controller for this. Then render the link via the route in a block. You could also have a form whos submit handler calls the route with required filename. Also note: I added this here due to the title of the OP issue Might save someone some time in the future when googling 'Drupal 8 file download link'.

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