# Dvc\_api.get\_url is not working with external data

**URL:** <https://discuss.dvc.org/t/dvc-api-get-url-is-not-working-with-external-data/1218>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [June 22, 2022, 1:13pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/dvc-api-get-url-is-not-working-with-external-data/1218 "2022-06-22T13:13:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![mvish7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e7dd6/32.png) [@mvish7](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/mvish7)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/dvc-api-get-url-is-not-working-with-external-data/1218/3 "2022-06-24T13:38:30Z")

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Hi  
Thanks for your reply.

About how do we manage data currently:  
We keep usable data on `NAS/temp_registy/Dogs`, it is accompanied by a database. We add data manually by using scp/sftp. Data removal from `ssh://server/home/temp_registry/Dogs/` happens rarely as it holds usable data.

> [@shcheklein](#):
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> Now, going back to the initial question. Is it the correct way of creating a data registry with NAS and shared cache. The way it is _usually_ done:

I think I did not fully understand your suggestions here and hence I landed up in misc. errors while working with suggestions. Could you please explain the steps (may be a MWE) I need to take if I want to achieve the following:

1. Get the data on NAS under dvc version control.
2. Let multiple user use the data without creating several copies of the whole data / subset of the data in their ‘home’ directory on NAS. (I intend to keep shared cache on NAS, so other users can access it)

I tried to refer [this](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/setup-dvc-to-work-with-shared-data-on-nas-server/180/5), it did not help much.

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