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Question

How to parse a .html file sent as an attachment?

  • November 22, 2025
  • 1 reply
  • 7 views
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I receive an HTML file as an attachment to an email. Sometimes it is accompanied by other PDF files, but I only want to parse and extract data from the HTML File. When I open the file in the browser it looks like this.

 

 

 

 

I want to extract: Line number, Description, Maker Ref (if any) and Qty. To do so, I:

  1. I poll GMAIL
  2. Filter by attachment Mime Type text/html.
  3. Upload to Drive (extra step) to see that this file looks good.

     
  4. I can either try the Formatter by Zapier or AI by Zapier, or both in succession

AI by Zapier does not recognise the Attchamnet


What can I do to successfully read this HTML FILE?

    R

    1 reply

    AndrewJDavison
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    • AndrewJDavisonZapier Solution Partner
    • Zapier Solution Partner
    • November 22, 2025

    ​@Ryan Rizzo 

     

    Try selecting one of the GPT5 models in the AI step - the error seems to indicate the model it’s trying to use is invalid for attachments.

    Find out more and hire me: https://zapier.com/partnerdirectory/andrewjdavison (andrew@andrewjdavison.com)
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