Add Record with Webhooks and pull in file attachment field

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Hello,I am creating a webhook that fires off when a new file is attached to a record. &nbsp;The webhook creates a new record in a documents table and populates some information. &nbsp;It works, however I need a file attachment field to fill with the file from the other record. &nbsp;Basically trying to create a history of documents based off of the file attachment field. &nbsp;Here is my webhook currently:&lt;qdbapi&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;udata&gt;mydata&lt;/udata&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;usertoken&gt;%user.token.xxxx_xxx_xxx.xxxxxx User Token%&lt;/usertoken&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;field fid="6"&gt;[Record ID#]&lt;/field&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;field fid="10" &gt;[File Link]&lt;/field&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;/qdbapi&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thanks.

ericmohlman · Answer

Would a link to the original record's file attachment work?

If not, for an API call (which is what webhooks are based on) file attachments have to be base-64 encoded and I'm not sure a process to do so has been built into webhooks yet.

jacobjacob · Answer

For this case the original records file attachment won't work because I am trying to track history through webhooks. &nbsp;So yes this does mean that I will have to use the API call and base-64 encode the file. &nbsp;I wasn't sure how to do that unfortunately. &nbsp;

ericmohlman · Answer

Then, unfortunately, I'm not aware of a way to accomplish this with the current version of webhooks. Some of our partners:&nbsp;http://www.quickbase.com/partners/add-ons&nbsp;who have file attachment add-ons might be able to direct you to a resource, or help setup the process you need.

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Add Record with Webhooks and pull in file attachment field

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