Error retrieving XLSX using HTTP from a webserver

I have an excel file sitting on a web server that I need to grab and convert to Google Sheets. I use the HTTP download module to retrieve and download the file. I get an error: “Unknown Exception: unsupported Unicode escape sequence” when trying to just save the scenario. Thanks in advance!

Hey @Kimsu

You can check this solution from @samliew

Hope this will help you

Thanks for this, but the source of my file is not Gmail. It is sitting on a web server. Going from Excel to Google sheets is the part I know how to do. It’s the error when trying to retrieve the XLSX file using HTTP from where it is sitting on a web server.

Hi @Kimsu,

Have you got a test file in a different location that causes the same error, something we can test with?

Hello,

It would seem that the file may be getting uploaded incorrectly.
Are you able to successfully download and open it using any other means?

@Kimsu

I think this will help you

Nice solution, hadn’t thought of this!

Thank you, I was able to get that test file to work with your recommendation, but I do think there was something wrong with my original XLSX files. Thanks so much!