# Attach file to deal record using API **URL:** \ **Category:** APIs & Integrations\ **Tags:** python\ **Created:** [November 17, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/attach-file-to-deal-record-using-api/69500 "2022-11-17T19:42:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SSharma043](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@SSharma043](https://community.hubspot.com/u/SSharma043)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/attach-file-to-deal-record-using-api/69500/1 "2022-11-17T19:42:24Z")
I have uploaded File in Hubspot using API. Now I want attach that to deal record using API How can I do it Please Help!! I’ve attached screenshots for refrence ![image_2.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/c/ac7b43bc5882c723899eca53906e6a971ba7f1b4.png) This file I want to attach to deal record ![image_5.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/2X/a/a7dc26e7ca95d1db38fe15538d38c9fbbca30f25.png) Here I want to attach file using API ---
**Author:** ![Jaycee\_Lewis](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/jaycee_lewis/32/61352_2.png) [@Jaycee\_Lewis](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Jaycee_Lewis)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/attach-file-to-deal-record-using-api/69500/2 "2022-11-22T19:46:10Z")
Hi, @SSharma043 👋 Were you able to get this one sorted out? If not, I’ll share a quick example using Postman. Summary: - Upload the file - Create the Note - Associate the File to the Note - Associate the Note to the Object Steps - Upload your file via API and note the value for “id” ![files-1.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/b/fbb95fef9483b34377273acbcb592d70d60a457e.png) - Files added can be associated to an Object as a Note - Use the 'id” vale as the value for “hs\_attachment\_ids” when creating a note `POST https://api.hubapi.com/crm/v3/objects/notes​` - Then you can make a call to associate the Note to a Deal `PUT https://api.hubspot.com/crm/v3/objects/notes/{note_ID}/associations/deal/{deal_ID}/214​` ![files-3.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/2X/b/bb6d8004b47be43b2603db8d9c6de4714253afb9.png) ![files-4.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/4/04d36f1d30882d08f3dc7458420b6e162c1dd9ba.png) I hope this helps you or the next person who is looking to upload and associate files to objects in this manner. Best, Jaycee ---
**Author:** ![DzungNguyen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DzungNguyen](https://community.hubspot.com/u/DzungNguyen)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 7:09am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/attach-file-to-deal-record-using-api/69500/3 "2022-11-24T07:09:53Z")
Thanks for your solution! it works for me ---
**Author:** ![03482](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/e95f7d/32.png) [@03482](https://community.hubspot.com/u/03482)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 7:16am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/attach-file-to-deal-record-using-api/69500/4 "2023-05-12T07:16:54Z")
[@Jaycee\_Lewis](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/127074) can you breife the request body and headers what you are paasing while uploading the file ---
**Author:** ![IHernandez4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/22d042/32.png) [@IHernandez4](https://community.hubspot.com/u/IHernandez4)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 8:05am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/attach-file-to-deal-record-using-api/69500/5 "2023-06-20T08:05:38Z")
Hi [@Jaycee\_Lewis](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/127074) , can you share an example for how this would work on Python? novice coder here and I’m having trouble getting the file upload to work on Python ---
**Author:** ![MKaneko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@MKaneko](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MKaneko)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/attach-file-to-deal-record-using-api/69500/6 "2023-10-25T16:30:28Z")
Hi, I belive I have this mostly worked out, however when I associate the deal to the note. I appears that the attachement is being deleted. EDIT: I was using an invalid ID field for the attachment ---
**Author:** ![HarrisDoug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@HarrisDoug](https://community.hubspot.com/u/HarrisDoug)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/attach-file-to-deal-record-using-api/69500/7 "2024-01-09T17:55:43Z")
Great solution, thanks Jaycee! ---
**Author:** ![lennart-sve](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/lennart-sve/32/5494_2.png) [@lennart-sve](https://community.hubspot.com/u/lennart-sve)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2023, 9:57am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/attach-file-to-deal-record-using-api/69500/8 "2023-11-29T09:57:06Z")
Very helpful, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Jaycee\_Lewis](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/jaycee_lewis/32/61352_2.png) [@Jaycee\_Lewis](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Jaycee_Lewis)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/attach-file-to-deal-record-using-api/69500/9 "2023-12-11T20:44:00Z")
Glad I could help! — Jaycee ---
**Author:** ![riipenadmin](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/riipenadmin/32/84057_2.png) [@riipenadmin](https://community.hubspot.com/u/riipenadmin)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 5:13am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/attach-file-to-deal-record-using-api/69500/10 "2024-02-01T05:13:01Z")
here’s a post of the actual code in python, assuming you’ve got a url to the attachment you want to associate. literally just fill in your auth\_key and HubSpot ID and this will work. your private app (with the auth\_key) will need to have deal permissions and file permissions ```lia-code-sample # this script uploads a file to hubspot, and then associates it to a deal using a note # from this hubspot community post: https://community.hubspot.com/t5/APIs-Integrations/Attach-file-to-deal-record-using-API/m-p/719945#M58797 # from this hubspot files documentation: https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/api/files/files # from this hubspot notes documentation: https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/api/crm/notes # from this hubspot associations documentation: https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/api/crm/associations import requests, json, time auth_key = "YOUR_AUTH_KEY" HUB_ID = YOUR_HUB_ID # just for the print statements at the end def upload_file(file_name, file_url): file_id = "" # upload the file url = f"https://api.hubapi.com/files/v3/files/import-from-url/async" headers = {'content-type': 'application/json','authorization': f"Bearer {auth_key}"} data = { "folderPath": "/", # "folderId": "" "access": "PUBLIC_INDEXABLE", "name": file_name, "url": file_url } response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=json.dumps(data)) print(response.status_code) # print(response.text) task_id = json.loads(response.text)['id'] # ping until the upload is completed, then return the file ID while True: time.sleep(2) url = f"https://api.hubapi.com/files/v3/files/import-from-url/async/tasks/{task_id}/status" response = requests.get(url, headers=headers) print(response.status_code) response_json = json.loads(response.text) if response_json['status'] == "COMPLETE": file_id = response_json['result']['id'] break return file_id def associate_file_deal(fileId, dealId): # associate the file to a note & associate the note to a deal url = f"https://api.hubapi.com/crm/v3/objects/notes" headers = {'content-type': "application/json",'authorization': f"Bearer {auth_key}"} data = { "associations": [{ "types": [{ "associationCategory": "HUBSPOT_DEFINED", "associationTypeId": 214 }], "to": { "id": dealId } }], "properties": { "hs_note_body": "", "hs_timestamp": int(time.time())*1000, # current time in ms "hs_attachment_ids": fileId } } response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=json.dumps(data)) print(response.status_code) # print(response.text) if __name__ == " __main__": file_name = "catanrules.pdf" file_url = "https://www.catan.com/sites/default/files/2021-06/catan_base_rules_2020_200707.pdf" deal_id = 15236862608 file_id = upload_file(file_name, file_url) associate_file_deal(file_id, deal_id) print(f"https://app.hubspot.com/files/{HUB_ID}/?sortDirection=descending&orderBy=updated&showDetails={file_id}") print(f"https://app.hubspot.com/contacts/{HUB_ID}/record/0-3/{deal_id}") ``` ---
**Author:** ![AEACGi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@AEACGi](https://community.hubspot.com/u/AEACGi)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/attach-file-to-deal-record-using-api/69500/11 "2024-06-03T17:52:26Z")
Hello guys, we are new users on hubspot and recently started using Hubspot. We are currently evaluating the hubspot and trying to view/download the file attachments that comes through our website to Hubspot. We see the right file name on the object but trying to view/download the file name it gives us error of “This doesn’t appear to reference a file in your hubspot account. It may have been edited or removed”. We tried creating a custom field called attachments and make its type as file but no results. Can anyone walkthrough us with step by step guide? Very obliged to get the support from community.