# Send images from machine A to machine B

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-images-from-machine-a-to-machine-b/25391
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**Created:** [24 April 2020 02:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-images-from-machine-a-to-machine-b/25391 "2020-04-24T02:15:24Z")
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### Author: ![BartButenaers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bartbutenaers/32/10476_2.png) [@BartButenaers](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BartButenaers)
#### Post date: [24 April 2020 06:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-images-from-machine-a-to-machine-b/25391/3 "2020-04-24T06:05:39Z")

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If you need to transfer images between multiple Node-RED instances, I would advise to send those via MQTT. You can find on this forum that others (like e.g. @krambriw) do it like that, like in this [discussion](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/a-dashboard-setup-for-video-cameras/12165/74):

> [@A Dashboard setup for video cameras](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/a-dashboard-setup-for-video-cameras/12165/74):
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> as additional feature, there is a mqtt in node in the flow. This allows image data to be sent via mqtt. This is how I communicate images over the network from my Motion installations on several RPi's to one common analyzing computer

Bart

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