Upload an image attachment via REST Api

[dirk.dinger]

Hello Espo Team,

As I understood from the forum search, it is not possible to have a custom field of type URL which in case of an image should be used as src element of the html image and shown directly.
This is sad.

So I have to upload the image using the REST API, if I want to programatically migrate lots of images from my current system.

I have encoded my image in base64 and posted it. In the database table I see a new entry but file and type colums have not been set even though I provided those in the JSON.
The other problem is that the generated primary key is not returned back, so I can not link the attachment.

What am I doing wrong ?

Where are the actual attachment files stored ?

Best regards,
Dirk

[telecastg]

Attachment files are stored in the data/upload folder of the application.

I have a similar issue, trying to use different images dynamically in templates.

To get a better understanding of Espo's image handling I suggest that you check:

application\Espo\Core\FileStorage\Storages\EspoUpl oadDir.php
application\Espo\EntryPoints\Attachment.php
application\Espo\EntryPoints\Image.php

Good luck.