# Bulk download media from glide (airtable)

**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/bulk-download-media-from-glide-airtable/47074
**Category:** Ask for Help
**Created:** [August 18, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/bulk-download-media-from-glide-airtable/47074 "2022-08-18T02:31:29Z")
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### Author: ![ZitaKemp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d26b3c/32.png) [@ZitaKemp](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ZitaKemp)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/bulk-download-media-from-glide-airtable/47074/1 "2022-08-18T02:31:29Z")

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Good afternoon,

I am creating a glide app which allows each person to upload a music file which is stored in an airtable. Is there a way to bulk down-load the music files, or does one have to download each file individually?

Thanks  
Zita

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### Author: ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2022, 2:55am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/bulk-download-media-from-glide-airtable/47074/2 "2022-08-18T02:55:50Z")

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Might be able to run some sort of make scenario that

1. sends a CSV list of music URLS via a webhook
2. Iterates an HTTP module to convert those into files
3. Add the files to a zip file
4. Sends the zip file via email

This is all speculation.

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### Author: ![ZitaKemp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d26b3c/32.png) [@ZitaKemp](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ZitaKemp)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2022, 3:11am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/bulk-download-media-from-glide-airtable/47074/3 "2022-08-18T03:11:06Z")

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Thanks for that … but music files will be a couple of Gb, thus not quite mailable! I do like your point 1 & 2 though …

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### Author: ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/bulk-download-media-from-glide-airtable/47074/4 "2022-08-19T00:07:27Z")

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It has to be a ZIP file in order to download it in one go, I guess. I assume you’re allowing a user to choose which files to download, so Robert’s suggestion is the cleanest way in my opinion.

There’s also a JS way (not straightforward for Glide, I imagine), to handle a click event and tell the browser to open multiple links in a row. That discussion is covered here.

> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18451856/how-can-i-let-a-user-download-multiple-files-when-a-button-is-clicked>

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### Author: ![mstam2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mstam2/32/67186_2.png) [@mstam2](https://community.glideapps.com/u/mstam2)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2024, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/bulk-download-media-from-glide-airtable/47074/5 "2024-03-02T13:06:31Z")

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Hi @ThinhDinh, do you have any guidance on how to make this JS executable in Glide?

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### Author: ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/bulk-download-media-from-glide-airtable/47074/6 "2024-03-02T23:04:15Z")

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Sorry, it seems like there’s no way to do it within Glide. JS in Glide, as far as I aware, is only used for transforming data on the backend, as a column.

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### Author: ![mstam2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mstam2/32/67186_2.png) [@mstam2](https://community.glideapps.com/u/mstam2)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/bulk-download-media-from-glide-airtable/47074/7 "2024-03-03T03:06:33Z")

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That’s what I deduced as well – thanks! Hoping one day there could be a download action (to supplement the documents + images picker).
