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Best answer

Unable to display images or attachments from Gmail in a Slack channel.

  • 1 August 2023
  • 9 replies
  • 135 views
joshloe
Userlevel 1

I’m looking for a way to display/attach an image from an email to GMail into a Slack Channel.


I have everything setup so far, but it is not displaying the image.   It just shows it as a file to download.   I used to have this working, but for some reason it is not anymore.  

It is showing the file but not the image:

 

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Best answer by Troy Tessalone 1 August 2023, 18:04

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Troy Tessalone
Userlevel 7
Badge +14

Hi @joshloe 

Good question.

Please post detailed screenshots with how your Zap steps are configured to help us have more context.

⚡ Troy Tessalone - AutomationAce.com | Premier Certified Zapier Expert | #1 Zapier Community Contributor
joshloe
Userlevel 1

Sure

 

 

This is the results:

 

Troy Tessalone
Userlevel 7
Badge +14

@joshloe 

The mapped variable is for all attachments, which may be a zip file.

 

You may want to try using this Zap trigger: Gmail - New Attachment

 

⚡ Troy Tessalone - AutomationAce.com | Premier Certified Zapier Expert | #1 Zapier Community Contributor
joshloe
Userlevel 1

Thanks, I’ve changed this over to just the attached image file (there is only one file) and it does the same thing.  I’ve played around with this quite a bit.

 

 

Same result:

 

Troy Tessalone
Userlevel 7
Badge +14

@joshloe 

I tested and was able to get this PNG image to show in Slack.

 

 

 

 

This also worked:

 

⚡ Troy Tessalone - AutomationAce.com | Premier Certified Zapier Expert | #1 Zapier Community Contributor
joshloe
Userlevel 1

That’s weird, I just added it as attach image by URL as well, I got the same results as previously
 

 

Troy Tessalone
Userlevel 7
Badge +14

@joshloe 

Try this…

Pull thru a fresh example in the Zap trigger.

The Attachment links are temp files that expire after some time.

⚡ Troy Tessalone - AutomationAce.com | Premier Certified Zapier Expert | #1 Zapier Community Contributor
joshloe
Userlevel 1

That worked!  The link expired I guess, thank you!

ken.a
Userlevel 7
Badge +6

Awesome! I’m glad Troy was able to help you resolve the issue @joshloe!

If you have any other questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the Community. We’re always happy to help! 😊

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