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File Objects

Questions about working with file objects when building integrations on the Zapier platform.

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fsurracoNew
asked in File Objects

Enhancing Productboard Integration: Request for Additional Fields

Is there any plan to bring in more fields with the Productbaord integration? The zap i’ve created isn’t helpful given the limited data that is pulled in

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Troy Tessalone
2 months ago
craibuc
craibucBeginner
asked in File Objects

Return a File object

I’m trying to return a file that can be used by other actions.This code converts the base-64 string that’s returned by an API into a File:const xml = require('pixl-xml');const perform = async (z, bundle) => { const xml = 'XML HERE' var body = xml.stringify( 'Document', xml ); const options = { url: 'https://www.domain.tld/get_file', method: 'POST', headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/xml', }, body: body }; return z.request(options).then((response) => { response.throwForStatus(); response.data = xml.parse(response.content); if ( response.data.FILE ) { const buffer = Buffer.from(response.data.FILE`; const file = new File(buffer,'somefile.pdf', { type: 'application/octet-stream' }); return { file: file } } });};Unit and integration tests work as expected, but I get an error when I try to use this in a Zap:File is not defined What happened (You are seeing this because you are an admin): Starting POST request to http

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craibuc
9 months ago
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ArmentBeginner
asked in File Objects

"File Object" output, need a how-to

I am researching for a way to export a file from our application into another app like Google Drive. However I’m running into some difficulty hydrating the file or making it a file object as described in https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/8496259603341#file-fields-0-4. In my action step using the code below I’m taking a encoded file from our database and doing a base64 decode to get the file name, file type, the buffer stream, and buffer stream length.const encodedFile = bundle.inputData.file;const decodedFile = Buffer.from(encodedFile, 'base64').toString('utf-8'); var fileByte = Buffer.from(decodedFile.substring(decodedFile.indexOf('<File>')+6,decodedFile.indexOf('</File>')), 'base64').toString('utf-8'); var filetype =Buffer.from(decodedFile.substring(decodedFile.indexOf('<FileType>')+10,decodedFile.indexOf('</FileType>')), 'base64').toString('utf-8'); var filename = Buffer.from(decodedFile.substring(decodedFile.indexOf('<UploadedFileName>')

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A
10 months ago
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