# How to access to pvserver files from Python shell

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-access-to-pvserver-files-from-python-shell/2573
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [September 17, 2019, 10:45am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-access-to-pvserver-files-from-python-shell/2573 "2019-09-17T10:45:17Z")
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#### Post date: [September 17, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-access-to-pvserver-files-from-python-shell/2573/7 "2019-09-17T15:47:14Z")

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Assuming you use a pvpython that is connected to a remote server, you can use the following proxy to query the remote disk in order to load files within ParaView.

> <https://github.com/Kitware/ParaView/blob/master/Web/Python/paraview/web/protocols.py#L3061-L3064>

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