How to Hydrate a File with a GET Request to get the File Object
What
You can use a Webhook - Custom Request (GET) method request to hydrate a file in a Zap.
About
Dehydration, and its counterpart Hydration, is a tool that can lazily load data that might be otherwise expensive to retrieve aggressively.
Related Topic: Dehydration
Example
![](https://uploads-us-west-2.insided.com/zapier-ca/attachment/fe5ff0af-3163-4bd9-89e8-a2412bd4b25b.png)
Output
![](https://uploads-us-west-2.insided.com/zapier-ca/attachment/1ce5e9c5-49ed-4fc7-aa63-545f26da7724.png)
Variable to Map
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Credits
Troy Tessalone is a Certified Zapier Expert at Automation Ace.