# Getting data out of Glide **URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/getting-data-out-of-glide/69945 **Category:** Ask for Help **Created:** [January 24, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/getting-data-out-of-glide/69945 "2024-01-24T16:07:55Z") **Posts on this page:** 9 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![David\_Gabler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david_gabler/32/44332_2.png) [@David\_Gabler](https://community.glideapps.com/u/David_Gabler) #### Post date: [January 24, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/getting-data-out-of-glide/69945/1 "2024-01-24T16:07:56Z")
I have tons of images tied to records in my App. I know I can download the database as a CSV file. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/5/c/5cf32b0a34d60c66d7c6a7cc3561ca08e7159eee.png) How can I retrieve the thousands of images and documents that I’ve uploaded to Glide over the last few years? If someone knows of an Automation tool that will batch download from the URLs in a CSV file, I’d appreciate a link to that! ---
### Author: ![nathanaelb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nathanaelb/32/43079_2.png) [@nathanaelb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nathanaelb) #### Post date: [January 24, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/getting-data-out-of-glide/69945/2 "2024-01-24T16:20:08Z")
Hi David 👋 When you export data from a table or from the entire app, you should see URLs for files and images inside the file and image columns. So as far as I know, you cannot batch download the images and files directly from Glide, but you have access to all of the URLs to those files and images. If you have thousands of such URLs, there are probably website or automations (Automator on Mac for instance) that might allow you to automate the process of downloading or backing up the files. ---
### Author: ![David\_Gabler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david_gabler/32/44332_2.png) [@David\_Gabler](https://community.glideapps.com/u/David_Gabler) #### Post date: [January 24, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/getting-data-out-of-glide/69945/3 "2024-01-24T16:23:25Z")
> [@nathanaelb](#): > > you should see URLs for files and images inside the file and image columns Thanks, yes, I know about the URL’s. I actually have a program I downloaded years ago that will batch download from a website. But I have not tried pointing it to my Glide Classic App’s URL. Perhaps I will give that a try. ---
### Author: ![David\_Gabler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david_gabler/32/44332_2.png) [@David\_Gabler](https://community.glideapps.com/u/David_Gabler) #### Post date: [January 24, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/getting-data-out-of-glide/69945/4 "2024-01-24T16:31:54Z")
> [@nathanaelb](#): > > allow you to automate the process Well, looks like Glide has something built-in to prevent automators from downloading from my App URL. **10:28:51 Warning: File not parsed, looks like binary: HTTP:go.glideapps.com/robots.txt** ---
### Author: ![Hassan\_Nadeem](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/hassan_nadeem/32/72956_2.png) [@Hassan\_Nadeem](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Hassan_Nadeem) #### Post date: [January 24, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/getting-data-out-of-glide/69945/5 "2024-01-24T16:42:14Z")
Hi @David_Gabler. Try this extension on Google Chrome. It downloads multiple links at once instantly. I have used it before. ![ExtensionsTABSAVE](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/a/f/afd7f596fc25a46ed481d8aa593d0616a3ea7d19.png) ![TAB SAVE](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/8/9/890a54fd26e768953d32c125950c25b2e0db2bec.png) ---
### 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: [January 24, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/getting-data-out-of-glide/69945/6 "2024-01-24T23:55:42Z")
I use this one. > **[Simple mass downloader](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/simple-mass-downloader/abdkkegmcbiomijcbdaodaflgehfffed)** > > A light batch download manager with flexible filtering/mass-renaming options that make downloading files a lot easier & productive. ---
### Author: ![david](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david/32/62831_2.png) [@david](https://community.glideapps.com/u/david) #### Post date: [January 25, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/getting-data-out-of-glide/69945/7 "2024-01-25T00:27:41Z")
We don’t prevent you from downloading your files. Perhaps your crawler program respects robots.txt, but you already know your file URLs so you don’t need to crawl anything. ---
### Author: ![Jin\_Park](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jin_park/32/69846_2.png) [@Jin\_Park](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jin_Park) #### Post date: [January 25, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/getting-data-out-of-glide/69945/8 "2024-01-25T00:59:02Z")
David whats going on with my plan??? ---
### Author: ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager) #### Post date: [January 25, 2024, 1:00am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/getting-data-out-of-glide/69945/9 "2024-01-25T01:00:50Z")
> [@Urgent: suddenly downgraded to legacy free plan](https://community.glideapps.com/t/urgent-suddenly-downgraded-to-legacy-free-plan/69970/6): > > Glide may be under a DDOS attack right now – we’re blocking the attacking traffic then will look into these issues. They may be related.