# FTPS access to file?
**URL:** https://forums.losant.com/t/ftps-access-to-file/3223
**Category:** Help
**Tags:** workflow
**Created:** [August 27, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/ftps-access-to-file/3223 "2020-08-27T14:04:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Lyndon\_Walker](https://forums.losant.com/u/Lyndon_Walker)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/ftps-access-to-file/3223/1 "2020-08-27T14:04:02Z")
Does Losant support FTPS or FTP download of files stored in the Files area? I can access them via a workflow that pushes to my client via MQTT, but I prefer to have the client pull the files on demand instead.
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### Author:  [@anaptfox](https://forums.losant.com/u/anaptfox)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/ftps-access-to-file/3223/4 "2020-08-27T14:18:43Z")
@Lyndon_Walker,
At this time, we don’t support FTP or FTPS. However, could you provide more details about your use case? I can possibly offer some possible workarounds.
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### Author:  [@Lyndon\_Walker](https://forums.losant.com/u/Lyndon_Walker)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/ftps-access-to-file/3223/5 "2020-08-27T14:48:12Z")
We have a request from the client we’re building this device for to add a remote device firmware feature. The method I’m implementing is to send an MQTT command to tell the device to enter update mode, and then it will download firmware via FTPS. A “direct push” of the firmware over MQTT doesn’t seem feasible due to the Unicode encoding increasing the download size and that they may potentially have hundreds or thousands of devices needing update.
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### Author:  [@anaptfox](https://forums.losant.com/u/anaptfox)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/ftps-access-to-file/3223/7 "2020-08-27T17:28:44Z")
@Lyndon_Walker,
Would it be possible to make an HTTP(S) to get the file?
You can read more about the URLS here:
> **[Files](https://docs.losant.com/applications/files/#file-urls)**
>
> Learn about uploading files for use in the Losant platform.
But, it’s comment for devices to send an MQTT command to request firmware and use HTTP(S) to download the file.
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### Author:  [@Lyndon\_Walker](https://forums.losant.com/u/Lyndon_Walker)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/ftps-access-to-file/3223/9 "2020-08-27T18:37:24Z")
OK. It looks like that should be feasible. My modem supports HTTPS.
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Dylan\_Schuster](https://forums.losant.com/u/Dylan_Schuster)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/ftps-access-to-file/3223/12 "2022-01-26T22:13:16Z")
@Lyndon_Walker this thread is a bit old but FYI …
We just released the [FTP: Get](https://docs.losant.com/workflows/data/ftp-get/) and [FTP: Put Nodes](https://docs.losant.com/workflows/data/ftp-put/), which support establishing a connection through SFTP, FTPS, or FTP.
The nodes are available both in our cloud platform and in [Edge Workflows](https://docs.losant.com/workflows/edge-workflows/).