# How to : Create chat message and picture upload on Perspective **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [May 2, 2025, 10:21am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-create-chat-message-and-picture-upload-on-perspective/105814 "2025-05-02T10:21:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Deardorff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ryan_deardorff/32/63815_2.png) [@Ryan\_Deardorff](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ryan_Deardorff)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-create-chat-message-and-picture-upload-on-perspective/105814/5 "2025-05-02T13:52:38Z")
For picture upload/display: - Do not store it in a file on the server, but insert as a BLOB into a database (a file will work but is not officially supported by IA and is not guaranteed to continue working) - Use @pturmel's Blob Server Module to display the image after extracting its data > [@Automation Professionals' Blob Server Module](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automation-professionals-blob-server-module/57970): > > Automation Professionals is pleased to announce an alpha release of its new Blob Server Module. Available only for Ignition v8.1, here. The Blob Server Module provides a simple way to deliver images, PDF files, or other binary content from a database to your Perspective clients or other web applications. Without needing the WebDev module. All you need is a Named Query that has appropriate security settings and returns a single row with two columns: Content, and ContentType. Modest documentati… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-create-chat-message-and-picture-upload-on-perspective/105814)._