# \[Feature Request\] Enable 'add cover from url' option

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-enable-add-cover-from-url-option/56099
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [January 28, 2022, 11:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-enable-add-cover-from-url-option/56099 "2022-01-28T11:39:21Z")
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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-enable-add-cover-from-url-option/56099/6 "2022-01-28T15:53:00Z")

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Could you elaborate how a "add cover from url" is less cumbersome than drag&drop?  
Actually, I don't understand how "add cover from url" should work and how then it is not necessary

> [@Emdosis](#):
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> to download the images to my computer

when they are saved in the files?

Also, see this thread:

> [@Cover art by URL (not just local file)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-by-url-not-just-local-file/14816):
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> As I'm new to MP3TAG, this feature may already be implemented, and I am merely revealing my ignorance of the interface, however it is not immediately obvious if it is possible to retrieve covers by URL, a useful feature in Clementine (though clementine's file update operations are more opaque and therefore less useful). What I'd like to do is be able to google image search for album art (for esoteric items, far more useful than amazon or other dedicated sources as such art is often only curated…

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