# File path for FTP location

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-path-for-ftp-location/8116>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [March 7, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-path-for-ftp-location/8116 "2014-03-07T03:57:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![cja7928](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@cja7928](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cja7928)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-path-for-ftp-location/8116/1 "2014-03-07T03:57:55Z")

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Im using a paintable canvas to display an image - when testing I used a regular path like:  
C:\Users\user\Desktop\image.jpg -this works no problem

the picture I really need is stored on a Cognex camera which supports FTP. via explorer the pictures path is: ftp://admin@10.31.18.21/image.jpg

but this doesn’t work. is there any way to make the ftp path work without actually transfering the image to the local drive?

thanks

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**Author:** ![BSH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@BSH](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BSH)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-path-for-ftp-location/8116/2 "2014-03-11T18:10:53Z")

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Have you tried using the IP Camera viewer component?

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**Author:** ![cja7928](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@cja7928](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cja7928)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 4:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-path-for-ftp-location/8116/3 "2014-03-12T04:26:03Z")

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unfortunately this is a very old camera that only supports ftp. It puts an new image on its internal drive evertime it gets an input to take a new picture. just trying to access that new picture each time its refreshed.

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**Author:** ![BSH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@BSH](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BSH)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-path-for-ftp-location/8116/4 "2014-03-12T09:14:08Z")

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Try the IP camera viewer component and enter the string ftp://admin@10.31.18.21/image.jpg as the URL.

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**Author:** ![adamaustin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@adamaustin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/adamaustin)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-path-for-ftp-location/8116/5 "2014-03-12T16:27:37Z")

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If this ftp site requires authentication (like the “admin” user as shown in your URL), you might try adding the password too:

ftp://admin:password@10.31.18.21/image.jpg

I’m not suggesting this is a good idea, just helping you troubleshoot the problem.

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**Author:** ![cja7928](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@cja7928](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cja7928)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-path-for-ftp-location/8116/6 "2014-03-20T19:12:11Z")

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well I tried the ip camera viewer using the strings suggested and I get an exception error:

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**Author:** ![greg.simpson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/greg.simpson/32/3135_2.png) [@greg.simpson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/greg.simpson)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-path-for-ftp-location/8116/7 "2015-03-11T18:09:17Z")

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This is a rather old topic, but did you ever get this to work correctly?

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 10:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-path-for-ftp-location/8116/8 "2015-03-12T10:18:08Z")

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Wow, didn’t even see this one. 😮

On my system, I give the cameras an ftp account on the server, with each pic getting a unique filename. From there, I can use the image viewer to look at individual pics.