\n \n \n Tip:\n \n You can customize the location of the cache by setting the `GRADIO_TEMP_DIR` environment variable to an absolute path, such as `/home/usr/scripts/project/temp/`. \n
\n \n\n### Files Gradio moves to the cache\n\nGradio moves three kinds of files into the cache\n\n1. Files specified by the developer before runtime, e.g. cached examples, default values of components, or files passed into parameters such as the `avatar_images` of `gr.Chatbot`\n2. File paths returned by a prediction function in your Gradio application, if they ALSO meet one of the conditions below:\n\n\n* It is in the `allowed_paths` parameter of the `Blocks.launch` method.\n* It is in the current working directory of the python interpreter.\n* It is in the temp directory obtained by `tempfile.gettempdir()`.\n\n**Note:** files in the current working directory whose name starts with a period (`.`) will not be moved to the cache, even if they are returned from a prediction function, since they often contain sensitive information. \n\nIf none of these criteria are met, the prediction function that is returning that file will raise an exception instead of moving the file to cache. Gradio performs this check so that arbitrary files on your machine cannot be accessed.\n\n3. Files uploaded by a user to your Gradio app (e.g. through the `File` or `Image` input components).\n\n\n \n \n Tip:\n \n If at any time Gradio blocks a file that you would like it to process, add its path to the `allowed_paths` parameter.\n
\n \n\n\n## The files Gradio will not allow others to access\n\nWhile running, Gradio apps will NOT ALLOW users to access:\n\n- **Files that you explicitly block via the `blocked_paths` parameter in `launch()`**. You can pass in a list of additional directories or exact filepaths to the `blocked_paths` parameter in `launch()`. This parameter takes precedence over the files that Gradio exposes by default, or by the `allowed_paths` parameter or the `gr.set_static_paths` function.\n\n- **Any other paths on the host machine**. Users should NOT be able to access other arbitrary paths on the host.\n\n\n## Uploading Files\n\nSharing your Gradio application will also allow users to upload files to your computer or server. You can set a maximum file size for uploads to prevent abuse and to preserve disk space. You can do this with the `max_file_size` parameter of `.launch`. For example, the following two code snippets limit file uploads to 5 megabytes per file.\n\n```python\nimport gradio as gr\n\ndemo = gr.Interface(lambda x: x, \"image\", \"image\")\n\ndemo.launch(max_file_size=\"5mb\")\n# or\ndemo.launch(max_file_size=5 * gr.FileSize.MB)\n```\n\n## Best Practices\n\n* Set a `max_file_size` for your application.\n* Do not return arbitrary user input from a function that is connected to a file-based output component (`gr.Image`, `gr.File`, etc.). For example, the following interface would allow anyone to move an arbitrary file in your local directory to the cache: `gr.Interface(lambda s: s, \"text\", \"file\")`. This is because the user input is treated as an arbitrary file path. \n* Make `allowed_paths` as small as possible. If a path in `allowed_paths` is a directory, any file within that directory can be accessed. Make sure the entires of `allowed_paths` only contains files related to your application.\n* Run your gradio application from the same directory the application file is located in. This will narrow the scope of files Gradio will be allowed to move into the cache. For example, prefer `python app.py` to `python Users/sources/project/app.py`.", "tags": [], "spaces": [], "url": "/guides/file-access/", "contributor": null}}