# How do you place an image from the local file system using BatchPlay?

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**Created:** [January 5, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/how-do-you-place-an-image-from-the-local-file-system-using-batchplay/2407 "2021-01-05T18:27:25Z")\
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How are you calling `placeEmbedded()`?  
Are you getting the `tokenstring` with `localStorage.getItem("persistent-file")`?

Often a `try/catch` around the code helps to track down the issue.

BTW please format the code in the posts for better readabelity (it’s the \</\> icon).

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