# Load an URL

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## Overview

Overall, the steps to sending an URL are:

1. Load the URL, **this does not download anything locally**.
2. *Optional*: adjust the source file before sending.
3. Use the Mindee client instance to send the file.

## Requirements

In most cases you'll be loading a source file for use in the Mindee Client, take a look at the [Client Configuration](/integrations/client-libraries-sdk/configure-the-client.md) section for more info.

However, you don't actually need the client initialized to use these features, only the client library installed.

All [Technical Limitations](/integrations/technical-limitations.md#accepted-files) may be used, if they adhere to the [Technical Limitations](/integrations/technical-limitations.md#file-limits).

In addition, the source URL must adhere to the following rules:

* Secured using TLS (HTTPS).
* Publicly available using only the URL, no authentication *headers*.
* Authentication may be provided in the URL as query parameters: username+password or token.\
  For example, Amazon S3 signed URLs will work.
* Contents must be a binary file (raw bytes, **not** base64-encoded).
* File contents cannot be encrypted, PDFs must not be password protected.
* The Mindee server will **not** follow redirections (HTTP 3xx).

## Load the URL

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{% tab title="Python" %}
Use the `URLInputSource` class.

```python
from mindee import UrlInputSource

input_source = UrlInputSource(
    "https://example.com/file.ext"
)
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Node.js" %}
Use the `URLInput` class.

```typescript
const inputSource = new mindee.UrlInput({
  url: "https://example.com/file.ext"
});
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="PHP" %}
Use the `URLInputSource` class.

```php
use Mindee\Input\URLInputSource;

$inputSource = new URLInputSource(
  url: "https://example.com/file.ext"
);
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Ruby" %}

```ruby
require 'mindee'

input_source = Mindee::Input::Source::URLInputSource.new(
  'https://example.com/file.ext'
)
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Java" %}
Use the `URLInputSource` class.

```java
import com.mindee.input.URLInputSource;

URLInputSource inputSource = URLInputSource
    .builder("https://example.com/file.ext")
    .build();
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title=".NET" %}
Use the `URLInputSource` class.

```csharp
var inputSource = new UrlInputSource(
    "https://example.com/file.ext");
```

{% endtab %}
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