---
title: "1Fichier"
description: "Rclone docs for 1Fichier"
date: "2015-10-14"
---

 1Fichier
-----------------------------------------

This is a backend for the [1ficher](https://1fichier.com) cloud
storage service. Note that a Premium subscription is required to use
the API.

Paths are specified as `remote:path`

Paths may be as deep as required, eg `remote:directory/subdirectory`.

The initial setup for 1Fichier involves getting the API key from the website which you
need to do in your browser.

Here is an example of how to make a remote called `remote`.  First run:

     rclone config

This will guide you through an interactive setup process:

```
No remotes found - make a new one
n) New remote
s) Set configuration password
q) Quit config
n/s/q> n
name> remote
Type of storage to configure.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
  1 / 1Fichier
    \ "fichier"
...
Storage> fichier
** See help for fichier backend at: https://rclone.org/fichier/ **

Your API Key, get it from https://1fichier.com/console/params.pl
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
api_key> example_key

Edit advanced config? (y/n)
y) Yes
n) No
y/n> 
Remote config
--------------------
[remote]
type = fichier
api_key = example_key
--------------------
y) Yes this is OK
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote
y/e/d> y
```

Once configured you can then use `rclone` like this,

List directories in top level of your 1Fichier account

    rclone lsd remote:

List all the files in your 1Fichier account

    rclone ls remote:

To copy a local directory to a 1Fichier directory called backup

    rclone copy /home/source remote:backup

### Modified time and hashes ###

1Fichier does not support modification times. It supports the Whirlpool hash algorithm.

### Duplicated files ###

1Fichier can have two files with exactly the same name and path (unlike a
normal file system).

Duplicated files cause problems with the syncing and you will see
messages in the log about duplicates.

### Forbidden characters ###

1Fichier does not support the characters ``\ < > " ' ` $`` and spaces at the beginning of folder names.
`rclone` automatically escapes these to a unicode equivalent. The exception is `/`, 
which cannot be escaped and will therefore lead to errors.


### Standard Options

Here are the standard options specific to fichier (1Fichier).

#### --fichier-api-key

Your API Key, get it from https://1fichier.com/console/params.pl

- Config:      api_key
- Env Var:     RCLONE_FICHIER_API_KEY
- Type:        string
- Default:     ""

### Advanced Options

Here are the advanced options specific to fichier (1Fichier).

#### --fichier-shared-folder

If you want to download a shared folder, add this parameter

- Config:      shared_folder
- Env Var:     RCLONE_FICHIER_SHARED_FOLDER
- Type:        string
- Default:     ""


