axios.post() Files API: Upload doc encoded "base64" bytes, not decoded in Files Manager. Fix?

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Problem:

Using method

axios.post()

, successfully upload encoded document contents as ‘base64’ to a remote File Manager. However, the uploaded document is still encoded as ‘base64’ in the remote File Manager.

Could you tell me what is typically required when submitting a method

axios.post()

request to ensure decoding ‘base64’ bytes to a properly formatted document during upload by remote service?

Code:

Typescript code using

axios.post

, uploading in FormData file using ‘base64’ bytes read from TXT file.

const filePath = './files/test.txt';const fileName = Path.parse(filePath).name;const fileExt = Path.parse(filePath).ext.replace('.', '');const fileBytes = fs.readFileSync(filePath, { encoding: 'base64' });const fileContentType = mime.lookup(fileExt) as string;const folderPathHubSpot = 'TEST';const fileNameHubSpot = ${fileName}.${fileExt};const formData = new FormData();formData.append('file', fileBytes, { contentType: fileContentType, filename: Path.join(folderPathHubSpot, fileNameHubSpot),});formData.append('folderPath', folderPathHubSpot);formData.append( 'options', '{"access":"PUBLIC_INDEXABLE","ttl":"P2W","overwrite":false,"duplicateValidationStrategy":"NONE","duplicateValidationScope":"EXACT_FOLDER"}',);formData.append('fileName', fileNameHubSpot);const config = { maxBodyLength: Infinity, headers: { // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention Authorization: Bearer ${hubspotToken}, 'Content-Encoding': 'base64' // Tried adding to header, did not work either },};const response = await axios.post('https://api.hubapi.com/files/v3/files', formData, config);

Stack Overflow

Posted https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76426873/axios-post-upload-doc-encoded-base64-to-file-service-still-encoded-after-u

2

@jeff00seattle

Hi.

How about try this?

...
const FormData = require ('form-data');
...
const fileOptions = {
 "access": "PUBLIC_INDEXABLE",
 "ttl": "P2W",
 "overwrite": false,
 "duplicateValidationStrategy":" NONE",
 "duplicateValidationScope": "EXACT_FOLDER"
};
let formData = new FormData();
formData.append('file', fs.createReadStream(uploadFile));
formData.append('folderPath', folderPathHubSpot);
formData.append('options', JSON.stringify(fileOptions));
formData.append('fileName', fileNameHubSpot);

axios.post({POST_URL}, formData, {
 headers: {
 'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + ACCESS_TOKEN,
 ...formData.getHeaders()
 }
});
...

I haven’t tested it, but It was working with this API

https://legacydocs.hubspot.com/docs/methods/files/v3/upload_new_file

Thanks.