topic Attaching files to object via the APIs in APIs & Integrations

Attaching files to object via the APIs

thulani — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 17:30:43 GMT

How can one attach files to objects (deals, contacts, companies etc) using the APIs. I am seeing some activity on this question in the community with no definete answers.

The Files API documentation hints at this being possible via the engagemetns API

Looking however at engagements, it appears as though there is no support for files

How can this be achieved?

Thanks

Re: Attaching files to object via the APIs

Jaycee_Lewis — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 17:37:29 GMT

Hi, @thulani 👋 I have an example here — Attach file to deal record using API.

The quick version —

Upload the file
Create a Note
Associate the File to the Note
Associate the Note to the Object

Have fun building! — Jaycee

Re: Attaching files to object via the APIs

thulani — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 17:39:20 GMT

Thanks for the quick response. I will give this a try and mark this as the solution if all goes well.

I really appreciate how quick you responded here 😄

Re: Attaching files to object via the APIs

lstepany — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 11:51:22 GMT

Hi @Jaycee_Lewis

This solution is indeed working well and I have used it, however it seems like there is a limit for uploading files into the file manager. I have about 3000 files but I am able to upload olny 250 files.

I have noticed that if I attach an external file to the object it doesn't go to file manager but stays attached to the object. And if I attach a file using API I have to upload to filemanager first which has a limit then if I delete thefile from the file manager it disapears from attached object as well. Is there any solution for attaching big amount of files to objects via API?

Re: Attaching files to object via the APIs

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