# Uploading a file on remote server
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uploading-a-file-on-remote-server/62681
**Category:** General
**Created:** [16 May 2022 08:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uploading-a-file-on-remote-server/62681 "2022-05-16T08:53:45Z")
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### Author:  [@mirzafaraz82](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mirzafaraz82)
#### Post date: [16 May 2022 08:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uploading-a-file-on-remote-server/62681/1 "2022-05-16T08:53:45Z")
Hello everyone,
I have a quick question, Is there any node that can be used to upload a file on a remote server?
I tried using SMB node but its not working correctly. Any other suggestion from the forum?
Use case: I have to upload a CSV file every day on a remote server using NodeRed, this file will create its own name using the date of that particular day, so that there are no same files on the server.
I have been trying this for a while but not able to find the right solution. I hope find one on this forum.
Thanks and regards
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### Author:  [@dynamicdave](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dynamicdave)
#### Post date: [16 May 2022 09:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uploading-a-file-on-remote-server/62681/2 "2022-05-16T09:27:19Z")
I've not tried the SMB nodes.
I did try various FTP nodes but couldn't get them to work with my ISP.
I ended-up writing a Python script to handle sFTP transfers and called it from an Exec node in Node-RED.
It works with a remote sFTP server as well as my local NAS.
Although I've used it to upload jpg files, I'm sure it would handle csv files.
**Edit** : Just tried a CSV file and it handles that format just fine.
You will probably get other (better) suggestions from other members on the forum.
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### Author:  [@anassettijare](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/anassettijare)
#### Post date: [16 May 2022 14:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uploading-a-file-on-remote-server/62681/3 "2022-05-16T14:47:36Z")
hello ! please i am working in similar project, i want to upload files with csv format from a FTP server to another one but the two servers are not in the same network, i can use Filezilla for that but i want to automate this task, so can you send me your flow specially the script python and the function blocs .
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### Author:  [@dynamicdave](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dynamicdave)
#### Post date: [17 May 2022 08:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uploading-a-file-on-remote-server/62681/4 "2022-05-17T08:54:38Z")
I've written a short guide on how to 'Upload a file to a remote server' for my IoT students.
Here's the link to the post on the 'Share Your Projects' section of the forum.
> [@Using FTP(S) to transfer files to/from a remote FTP server](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-sftp-to-transfer-files-to-from-a-remote-ftp-server/62735):
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> Some of my IoT students have encountered problems trying to get some of the FTP (Node-RED) contrib nodes working. This may be due to the restrictions on the school network and/or the school's ISP. As an exercise I tried writing a couple of Python scripts to use the FTP\_TLS library to send and receive files between a Raspberry Pi and a remote FTP server. As shown below, the scripts are called from a Node-RED flow using an Exec node. [{"id":"678f819f147e416a"…
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [16 July 2022 08:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uploading-a-file-on-remote-server/62681/5 "2022-07-16T08:55:30Z")
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