# import big file from protected cloud to my usegalaxy account

**URL:** <https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/import-big-file-from-protected-cloud-to-my-usegalaxy-account/14349>\
**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")\
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**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")

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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.

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