# Periodically refresh an image with a static URL source on a perspective view

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/periodically-refresh-an-image-with-a-static-url-source-on-a-perspective-view/58773>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective\
**Created:** [April 23, 2022, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/periodically-refresh-an-image-with-a-static-url-source-on-a-perspective-view/58773 "2022-04-23T06:03:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Les\_Airs](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/les_airs/32/31864_2.png) [@Les\_Airs](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Les_Airs)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/periodically-refresh-an-image-with-a-static-url-source-on-a-perspective-view/58773/1 "2022-04-23T06:03:10Z")

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Hi,  
I am building a perspective view that uses a static traffic cam URL (.jpg) as a source for a perspective image component. This displays the current image, however the image at the source URL updates about once a minute, so I’d like to automate the refresh of the image. Is there a way to have the page (or just the image component) refresh without user input?  
Thanks.

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/periodically-refresh-an-image-with-a-static-url-source-on-a-perspective-view/58773/2 "2022-04-23T13:21:03Z")

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Try adding an unnecessary query parameter to the URL to foil your browser’s cache. Change that parameter every 30 seconds or so to make the image refresh.

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**Author:** ![Les\_Airs](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/les_airs/32/31864_2.png) [@Les\_Airs](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Les_Airs)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 4:25am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/periodically-refresh-an-image-with-a-static-url-source-on-a-perspective-view/58773/3 "2022-04-24T04:25:40Z")

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Thanks, that helped me get it working… I had a ‘mins’ tag that changes every minute, so I appended that to the URL and query parameter ‘?’ in the expression binding on the source property, and it now updates every minute.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/3/2/321f3df1406766db1f8582b14323e09f484bfb03.png)