Can I get the full path of the file?

💬 Feature Requests
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Hi Retool Team!!

Is there any file component that returns the full path of the file?

With "file button" I just get the name (xxxx.csv), but not the full path (/home/.../xxxx.csv)

Thanks!!

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Hi @ignacio You won't have access to the path of the file when uploading to Retool using our upload components (file button, file dropzone) :disappointed: can you share a bit more about your use case? Maybe we can help find a solution

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Hi @Tess, thanks for reply.

I need to send the file path in a API URL Param, to get this file path in my API and read the CSV rows and other actions in my Java code.
My app will be used by several users, so i need the file path in each case to know where is the CSV file in the user computer.

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Hi @ignacio thanks for clarifying! It's not currently possible, but I'll submit a feature request :slightly_smiling_face:

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Is this on the roadmap? I need it for my image hosting API

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Hi @Drowe003, this feature request didn’t gain significant interest from other users when it was first raised in 2021, so it wasn’t prioritized at that time. However, I’ve gone ahead and resurfaced it internally. I'm happy to collect +1s here. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Hey @Paulo just following up here- I ended up uploading my images using the base64 uri so this is no longer needed. Thanks!

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Thank you for sharing your workaround! :sunglasses: