# Does glide is able to upload/download the photo from external FTP/FTPs or http/https?

**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/does-glide-is-able-to-upload-download-the-photo-from-external-ftp-ftps-or-http-https/39779
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**Created:** [March 17, 2022, 10:23am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/does-glide-is-able-to-upload-download-the-photo-from-external-ftp-ftps-or-http-https/39779 "2022-03-17T10:23:48Z")
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### Author: ![alexhsu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@alexhsu](https://community.glideapps.com/u/alexhsu)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2022, 10:23am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/does-glide-is-able-to-upload-download-the-photo-from-external-ftp-ftps-or-http-https/39779/1 "2022-03-17T10:23:48Z")

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I would like to build a CRM app and I have to download the photo from external FTP/FTPs.  
Please advice how(or if) Glide to finish this task?

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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: [March 17, 2022, 11:53am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/does-glide-is-able-to-upload-download-the-photo-from-external-ftp-ftps-or-http-https/39779/2 "2022-03-17T11:53:27Z")

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You can add an “open link \> [photo column]” action. This should prompt the user to open/download the image to their device.

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### Author: ![alexhsu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@alexhsu](https://community.glideapps.com/u/alexhsu)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2022, 12:32pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/does-glide-is-able-to-upload-download-the-photo-from-external-ftp-ftps-or-http-https/39779/3 "2022-03-17T12:32:02Z")

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thanks for your reply. may i know if the action can access external FTP/FTPs site? And then to add photo automatically from the FTP/FTPs and also the photo can be divided by different groups? or I have to ask someone to write a program for this?

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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 18, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/does-glide-is-able-to-upload-download-the-photo-from-external-ftp-ftps-or-http-https/39779/4 "2022-03-18T00:04:57Z")

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So you want to import the images from your external sites to Glide? Does the original link those sites provide work for displaying in Glide? If not, I fear there’s not a straightforward way for you to import those to Glide storage.

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### Author: ![alexhsu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@alexhsu](https://community.glideapps.com/u/alexhsu)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/does-glide-is-able-to-upload-download-the-photo-from-external-ftp-ftps-or-http-https/39779/5 "2022-03-23T15:51:22Z")

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ok… thanks for your reply… looks like I have to find another way to implement the feature/function… ☹