Send file through API

Tom_153935

My customer would like to send a file (e.g., PDF) via a web API action. Using the reference to the file (e.g., {{my-file}}) passes the alphanumeric ID of the file, not the file itself.

Can this be accomplished some other way?

Dylan_191182

@Tom_153935 the most recent version of the web API actions provide options for encoding files as base64 or binary. We should use those native options instead of doing it manually

Thomas_937381

@Tom_153935 You may be able to use Files: Convert file to text with Base64 encoding. Just make sure that you use a Fields: Field formulas action after the API call to clear the text field, as it will be quite massive.

Jeff_146001

See the File encoding format section of this help article for more details.

Tom_153935

Thank you, all!