# How make an interface where you can upload a file

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-make-an-interface-where-you-can-upload-a-file/11024>\
**Category:** Coding Questions\
**Created:** [May 8, 2019, 6:41am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-make-an-interface-where-you-can-upload-a-file/11024 "2019-05-08T06:41:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![niciaguero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/aca169/32.png) [@niciaguero](https://discourse.processing.org/u/niciaguero)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 6:41am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-make-an-interface-where-you-can-upload-a-file/11024/1 "2019-05-08T06:41:26Z")

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Hi,

How can I make an interface where the user can browse the computer and upload any audio file they want through processing?

Thanks for the help,  
Niciaguero

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**Author:** ![kll](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/kll/32/964_2.png) [@kll](https://discourse.processing.org/u/kll)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 8:07am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-make-an-interface-where-you-can-upload-a-file/11024/2 "2019-05-08T08:07:31Z")

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start here:  
[https://processing.org/reference/selectInput\_.html](https://processing.org/reference/selectInput_.html)

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**Author:** ![jeremydouglass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jeremydouglass/32/20_2.png) [@jeremydouglass](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jeremydouglass)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-make-an-interface-where-you-can-upload-a-file/11024/3 "2019-05-11T18:07:08Z")

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You said “upload” – do you want to do this on the desktop in Processing, or on the web in p5.js?