# remote upload support

**URL:** <https://community.transloadit.com/t/remote-upload-support/17335>\
**Category:** Uppy\
**Created:** [October 31, 2024, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.transloadit.com/t/remote-upload-support/17335 "2024-10-31T12:36:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![blanc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@blanc](https://community.transloadit.com/u/blanc)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2024, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.transloadit.com/t/remote-upload-support/17335/1 "2024-10-31T12:36:29Z")

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Hi,

does your server support remote upload? That is upload a file via URL which is located on the Internet.

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**Author:** ![Floppy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/community.transloadit.com/floppy/32/1224_2.png) [@Floppy](https://community.transloadit.com/u/Floppy)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.transloadit.com/t/remote-upload-support/17335/2 "2024-11-04T15:04:44Z")

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Uppy does have URL upload, but you do need Companion or something compatible running server-side to use it: [Import from URL | Uppy](https://uppy.io/docs/url/)

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**Author:** ![blanc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@blanc](https://community.transloadit.com/u/blanc)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2024, 11:55am UTC](https://community.transloadit.com/t/remote-upload-support/17335/3 "2024-11-07T11:55:40Z")

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I’m not sure which service shall fulfill my demand, import from URL or http/export. I just want to upload a file (which is accessed via a URL) to my cloud. Do I have to stay online to wait for the upload process to finish?

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**Author:** ![Merlijn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/community.transloadit.com/merlijn/32/1382_2.png) [@Merlijn](https://community.transloadit.com/u/Merlijn)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2024, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.transloadit.com/t/remote-upload-support/17335/4 "2024-11-07T12:20:31Z")

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Import from URL is a feature for your users to download any file from an accessible URL. Where your files end up is a different story. If you use Transloadit and not self-hosted Companion, you can choose an export Robot of your choosing. You could for instance export to S3 and use [`notify_url`](https://transloadit.com/docs/api/assemblies-post/#param-notify_url), which you set in `assemblyOptions` in `@uppy/transloadit`, to notify your backend and make it aware where to find the files.