I created a Zap to send an email from my outlook, but I can’t seem to attach the PDF to the email. I tried dragging and dropping the PDF where it says Attachment, but that just resulted in gibberish.txt.
Any help would be appreciated!
Edit: Screenshots of step and email attachment added.
Best answer by Ryan Castle NZ
Hi Team,
I also struggled with this and the problem turned out to be how the likes of Google Drive and Onedrive create shareable links. The links that they create are built for viewing files on their platform, not for hosting public files that Zapier can use to attach to an email. I solved this following the following steps:
@emmawhite I ended up searching for a publicly available copy of the PDF I was looking for. It was a regulatory filing, so I was able to find a copy. My back up plan was to try using a step with some sort of file storage system. Sorry I can’t be of more help. You would think there would be a simple guide somewhere about this. It must be a common issue.
I also struggled with this and the problem turned out to be how the likes of Google Drive and Onedrive create shareable links. The links that they create are built for viewing files on their platform, not for hosting public files that Zapier can use to attach to an email. I solved this following the following steps: