Convert binary data to file

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Hello @mdb213,
Airtable supports 2 different things for uploading files.

Upload a File Directly

Now airtable also supports uploading a file as per their API updates in July 2024. See the changes here Changes 2024-07-31
Only the specific instructions are

  • Upload an attachment up to 5 MB to an attachment cell via the file bytes directly.
  • In the file parameter required string, The base64 encoded string of the file to be uploaded.

You can read more about these things here Upload attachment

Note: An important thing I’ve noticed is that this specifically works while we update airtable records. You’ll see the {recordId} in the URL.

{recordId} is there if the record is already created.

Upload file Via URL

As @Donald_Mitchell suggests, if direct public URLs are available, use them as attachment input.

I hope this helps you.

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