# Member-only access to media (video, images)

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/member-only-access-to-media-video-images/61042
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [April 15, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/member-only-access-to-media-video-images/61042 "2017-04-15T20:40:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![achamess](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/achamess/32/120563_2.png) [@achamess](https://meta.discourse.org/u/achamess)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/member-only-access-to-media-video-images/61042/1 "2017-04-15T20:40:46Z")

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I have some videos and images that I want to be protected so that only logged-in users can view. Is there a way to do this using Discourse’s built in features or would I have to do this somehow with a third-party service?

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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/member-only-access-to-media-video-images/61042/2 "2017-04-15T20:44:57Z")

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You can create restricted categories and post those videos and images on this categories.

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### Author: ![achamess](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/achamess/32/120563_2.png) [@achamess](https://meta.discourse.org/u/achamess)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/member-only-access-to-media-video-images/61042/3 "2017-04-15T20:46:44Z")

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Thanks! I’ll give it a try.

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### Author: ![tophee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tophee/32/73406_2.png) [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2017, 10:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/member-only-access-to-media-video-images/61042/4 "2017-04-15T22:29:07Z")

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Keep this in mind too:

> [@File attachments in restricted categories should be restricted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/file-attachments-in-restricted-categories-should-be-restricted/60765):
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> Currently, files that are uploaded to a restricted category are accessible to anyone, even users who are not logged in. Chances are that these files get indexed by search engines and thus become public. I agree with @tobiaseigen that this is quite a serious issue: But I am not sure what exactly the current state of affairs is regarding this, except that, some time ago, @dmitry_fedyuk created the [restrict files plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-files-plugin-sell-a-digital-content-on-your-discourse-forum-version-1-2-1-2015-07-19/29775) whose [latest version seems to be 2.1](https://discourse.pro/t/topic/33) which is [confirmed to be compatible with…](https://discourse.pro/t/topic/33/6)

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### Author: ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2017, 10:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/member-only-access-to-media-video-images/61042/5 "2017-04-17T22:29:10Z")

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