# import big file from protected cloud to my usegalaxy account **URL:** \ **Category:** usegalaxy.eu support\ **Tags:** dropbox, third-party-identities\ **Created:** [January 7, 2025, 12:54pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/import-big-file-from-protected-cloud-to-my-usegalaxy-account/14349 "2025-01-07T12:54:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Miquel\_R](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/help.galaxyproject.org/miquel_r/32/6572_2.png) [@Miquel\_R](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/Miquel_R)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 12:54pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/import-big-file-from-protected-cloud-to-my-usegalaxy-account/14349/1 "2025-01-07T12:54:17Z")
hi, I have a personal WGS BAM from YSEQ lab that I’d like to import to my [usegalaxy.eu](http://usegalaxy.eu) account directly because it’s too flat (134 Gb) for upload from my PC via FTP (Filezilla). I could transfer directly from YSEQ database to my Gdrive with google colab code: _admin-redacted_ I made 4 part.bam by range and merged with cat after download. Could I program by console this kind of direct transfer from cloud to usegalaxy? thanks ---
**Author:** ![jennaj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/help.galaxyproject.org/jennaj/32/27_2.png) [@jennaj](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/jennaj)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/import-big-file-from-protected-cloud-to-my-usegalaxy-account/14349/2 "2025-01-07T18:44:34Z")
Welcome, @Miquel_R Galaxy can import any data with a public URL link. This means not password protected but API keys can be involved. Using the **Google API** should work. This would allow you to load files from your drive account – you can set the permissions to public sharing (anyone with a link). So, two steps but a potential solution that doesn’t involve a download. Splitting the files up into smaller chunks might be needed (what you seem to already be doing). - Method was posted here by another user → [Uploading data from google drive - #3 by vojtace](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/uploading-data-from-google-drive/7436/3) Other options involve setting up authentication inside your Galaxy account. **Dropbox** is one choice. - [Third Party Identities - #2 by wm75](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/third-party-identities/13911/2) And this utility can be helpful for batch data loading from inside of an environment where the data is hosted. - [galaxy-upload — galaxy-upload 1.0.1 documentation](https://galaxy-upload.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) I’ve cross-posted this over to the Admin chat to see if there is more advice. If you could confirm that you are working at the [UseGalaxy.eu](http://UseGalaxy.eu) public server that might be relevant. - [You're invited to talk on Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/!rfLDbcWEWZapZrujix:gitter.im/$sukNi_HuN-TDzDWJ5tTuqgxOqIyrozbfIPIS2n4By4E?via=gitter.im&via=matrix.org&via=surf.nl) Hope this helps! 🙂 Note: If you posted anything sensitive (I wasn’t sure?), you should update those credentials immediately since they were exposed publicly here. ---
**Author:** ![Miquel\_R](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/help.galaxyproject.org/miquel_r/32/6572_2.png) [@Miquel\_R](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/Miquel_R)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/import-big-file-from-protected-cloud-to-my-usegalaxy-account/14349/3 "2025-01-07T20:41:08Z")
Thank you, Jenna, I masked all sensitive data, agreed by Google APIs to import data ---
**Author:** ![jennaj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/help.galaxyproject.org/jennaj/32/27_2.png) [@jennaj](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/jennaj)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 5:55am UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/import-big-file-from-protected-cloud-to-my-usegalaxy-account/14349/4 "2026-03-17T05:55:30Z")