API not deleting attachments
Hi all, hoping someone may be able to assist. Am using a pipeline to remove attachments using the format of 'fid_14=&delfile_fid_14=1' The result of this is that whilst the attachment looks to be r...
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MarkShnier__You
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Qrew LegendHave you tried going into the field properties for the File attachment field and setting the number of revisions to retain at 1? Are you OK with not retaining previous versions?
Good afternoon all and thanks for the reply.
To be honest at this stage i'm just so confused.
After reaching out to support, they inform me that this method will not remove the attachment.
They state the only method is use is 'https://api.quickbase.com/v1/files' etc etc
I wouldn't have ever imagined having to remove attachments would prove so difficult....
As for the versions, they do not exist and only one image (pic) is attached to a field.
For example we have say 8 fields that the users are required to upload a single image into each field. Once the record is acted upon we don't need the image.
- MarkShnier__You
So is the symptom of the problem that the file no longer shows in the record, so apparently deleted, but your space is still used up when looking at the total attached files for the table or when using the QuickBase file manager tool?
If so, that sounds like a clear bug to me (but I would be interested to see the full response from support) as I'm not understanding what alternative Pipeline syntax they are suggesting.
A work around is to install the free native multi file upload Plug in from QuickBase's and have the user multi file upload files into a child table (as opposed to uploading into separate fields in the record). I don't know your actual use case, but the users may find that a better user experience to multi upload especially if it's pictures off a mobile device.
Then, when the files are no longer required, you can actually delete the records holding the file attachments, and that will surely delete the files.
