# Paste Link to Upload Data -- Uploading tar archives by URL **URL:** \ **Category:** usegalaxy.org support\ **Tags:** upload\ **Created:** [June 26, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/paste-link-to-upload-data-uploading-tar-archives-by-url/1624 "2019-06-26T21:32:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sammy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/help.galaxyproject.org/sammy/32/445_2.png) [@Sammy](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/Sammy)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/paste-link-to-upload-data-uploading-tar-archives-by-url/1624/1 "2019-06-26T21:32:11Z")
Hello. So I am trying to upload some data directly from the website. Get data → Upload local data → Paste link. Now I am here. ![Capture](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/galaxy/original/1X/06c74eae8e8290d180cd9c0f31f7831755974a69.png) What should I do next so I can process my samples? Thanks:) ---
**Author:** ![marten](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/help.galaxyproject.org/marten/32/6_2.png) [@marten](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/marten)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 12:48am UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/paste-link-to-upload-data-uploading-tar-archives-by-url/1624/2 "2019-06-27T00:48:47Z")
Now you need to find the tool you want to run. I would recommend running through some of the basic tutorials to get familiar with the interface. [https://training.galaxyproject.org/training-material/topics/introduction/](https://training.galaxyproject.org/training-material/topics/introduction/) ---
**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:** [June 27, 2019, 1:24am UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/paste-link-to-upload-data-uploading-tar-archives-by-url/1624/3 "2019-06-27T01:24:15Z")
When you do as @marten recommended, please be aware that only the first file included in any `tar` archive is actually uploaded into Galaxy. If that tar archive contains multiple files, you’ll need to download it locally, unpack it, then upload the files you want to use individually. FAQ: [Loading Data](https://galaxyproject.org/support/loading-data/) ---
**Author:** ![Sammy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/help.galaxyproject.org/sammy/32/445_2.png) [@Sammy](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/Sammy)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 8:56am UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/paste-link-to-upload-data-uploading-tar-archives-by-url/1624/4 "2019-06-27T08:56:19Z")
Right. In other words, Galaxy cannot cash in from that. That’s a bummer. Download it locally is not a solution for now. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/paste-link-to-upload-data-uploading-tar-archives-by-url/1624/5 "2019-10-17T21:58:22Z")
@Sammy Sorry for the delay, missed your reply. Hopefully, you have figured this out already, but the individual raw datasets in `.cel.gz` format are available if you drill down into samples (as supplementary data). Those URLs could be Uploaded to Galaxy and will gz uncompress, but there are no tools wrapped for Galaxy that use `.cel` data directly as input (is an Affymetrix raw data file format). Or, at least none that I could find. Example (grouped series): [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE14334](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE14334) Example (one of the samples): [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSM358631](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSM358631) ---
**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:** [October 24, 2019, 5:10pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/paste-link-to-upload-data-uploading-tar-archives-by-url/1624/6 "2019-10-24T17:10:24Z")
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**Author:** ![FOZIAH\_ALSHUBAILY](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/help.galaxyproject.org/foziah_alshubaily/32/5172_2.png) [@FOZIAH\_ALSHUBAILY](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/FOZIAH_ALSHUBAILY)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 6:22am UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/paste-link-to-upload-data-uploading-tar-archives-by-url/1624/7 "2024-02-02T06:22:08Z")
I am having same problem as I paste the link from tutorial and the file is uploaded but not shown in history