# Transfer image from local computer to node-red host computer

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/transfer-image-from-local-computer-to-node-red-host-computer/35122>\
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**Created:** [31 October 2020 12:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/transfer-image-from-local-computer-to-node-red-host-computer/35122 "2020-10-31T12:35:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![vattenbuffel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/977dab/32.png) [@vattenbuffel](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/vattenbuffel)\
**Post date:** [31 October 2020 12:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/transfer-image-from-local-computer-to-node-red-host-computer/35122/1 "2020-10-31T12:35:21Z")

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I have node-red hosted on a raspberry pi. I would like to able to move images from my laptop or desktop to the rpi via node-red. I've googled a fair bit but not found any solution. Is it possible, and if so how?

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [31 October 2020 13:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/transfer-image-from-local-computer-to-node-red-host-computer/35122/2 "2020-10-31T13:41:23Z")

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Welcome to the forum @vattenbuffel.

Are you using the node red dashboard on the laptop? If so then you need to search for  
upload files  
in the forum, which will find a good number of hits. Upload is the term to use because what you want to do is to upload files from the PC to the node-red server.

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**Author:** ![vattenbuffel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/977dab/32.png) [@vattenbuffel](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/vattenbuffel)\
**Post date:** [31 October 2020 14:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/transfer-image-from-local-computer-to-node-red-host-computer/35122/3 "2020-10-31T14:14:22Z")

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I searched the forums for upload files and I couldn't find anything. The closest I could find was [this post](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/upload-own-files-from-my-own-pc-with-node-red-dashboard/34284). And that thread ended with him not being able to transfer files either.

To me this seems like a problem which should be solveable. Why is it so hard?

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [31 October 2020 14:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/transfer-image-from-local-computer-to-node-red-host-computer/35122/4 "2020-10-31T14:26:00Z")

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> [@vattenbuffel](#):
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> Why is it so hard?

Its only hard if you dont understand 😉 😉 😉

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There are several examples in the [flows lib](https://flows.nodered.org/search?term=upload&type=flow).

For example, [this one](https://flows.nodered.org/flow/c70d0b4c54b583cf30c7e989b74feb68) gives you this...

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/4/4/44c4a445216e5624a55015f1e8b26502c69c10c1.png)

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/5/8/58ed250b1ddcd8687a446bb04a5b8566f318e8da.png)

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**Author:** ![vattenbuffel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/977dab/32.png) [@vattenbuffel](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/vattenbuffel)\
**Post date:** [31 October 2020 19:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/transfer-image-from-local-computer-to-node-red-host-computer/35122/5 "2020-10-31T19:18:41Z")

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I got it to work now. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [14 November 2020 19:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/transfer-image-from-local-computer-to-node-red-host-computer/35122/6 "2020-11-14T19:18:47Z")

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