# How to recieve images

**URL:** https://forum.rasa.com/t/how-to-recieve-images/3679
**Category:** Rasa Open Source
**Created:** [December 18, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/how-to-recieve-images/3679 "2018-12-18T15:27:34Z")
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### Author: ![ahson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea666f/32.png) [@ahson](https://forum.rasa.com/u/ahson)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/how-to-recieve-images/3679/1 "2018-12-18T15:27:34Z")

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I want to be able to parse requests sent to my chatbot, and pull image/media data if attached.  
( I have done this through some changes on the twilio channel, but its very messy)

It would be nice if I could call this media/data the same way I call, tracker.latest\_message and run custom actions based on responses.

If anyone has tried this, or has any ideas let me know,

Thanks!

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### Author: ![tmbo](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/tmbo/32/19_2.png) [@tmbo](https://forum.rasa.com/u/tmbo)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2018, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/how-to-recieve-images/3679/2 "2018-12-27T12:31:25Z")

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How does this work with twillio, do they send the attachement directly or is the image stored on their servers and they only sent a link to it?

I think supporting the attachment of referenced media items should be straight forward, piping through binary content might get tricky though.