# PDF from other URL
**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/pdf-from-other-url/64908
**Category:** Ask for Help
**Created:** [August 10, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/pdf-from-other-url/64908 "2023-08-10T20:08:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@John\_Romano](https://community.glideapps.com/u/John_Romano)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/pdf-from-other-url/64908/1 "2023-08-10T20:08:12Z")
Can i insert a pdf url, like from airtable, and from some sort of wizardry-without uploading the pdf, could i have some sort of arrangement happen where glide writes their own pdf image in another field.
Like I want to be able to feed in a url from google or airtable of a document link that is stored from their server, and then glide acts like its a file that has been uploaded and logs the file on the server
trying to skip the upload
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### Author:  [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/pdf-from-other-url/64908/2 "2023-08-10T20:37:17Z")
So you ultimately want a PDF that’s stored elsewhere to be downloaded and stored in Glide’s storage without user interaction?
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### Author:  [@John\_Romano](https://community.glideapps.com/u/John_Romano)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/pdf-from-other-url/64908/3 "2023-08-12T16:21:01Z")
Yes
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### Author:  [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/pdf-from-other-url/64908/4 "2023-08-12T17:52:36Z")
I’m not aware of a way to do that. I don’t believe you can upload through the API, which is about the only way to achieve something like that without user interaction. There is no function that will allow you to upload a file without using a file picker.
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### Author:  [@John\_Romano](https://community.glideapps.com/u/John_Romano)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/pdf-from-other-url/64908/5 "2023-08-12T18:24:52Z")
And no way to upload a file via api?
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### Author:  [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/pdf-from-other-url/64908/6 "2023-08-12T22:02:21Z")
> [@John\_Romano](#):
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> And no way to upload a file via api?
No, I don’t believe so.
> [@Jeff\_Hager](#):
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> I don’t believe you can upload through the API
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### Author:  [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2023, 6:18am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/pdf-from-other-url/64908/7 "2023-08-13T06:18:51Z")
> [@John\_Romano](#):
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> And no way to upload a file via api?
Just confirming what Jeff said, this is not possible. The closest you can get is to store your file elsewhere, and then update a column value in a specific row with a link to the file via the API.