API issue while uploading attachment

[jpennington]

I am having an issue that has me at a complete roadblock. I am writing a python script to upload records to espocrm through the API. one part of this script is to upload a .pdf file. I have been able to upload the file, however, when I view it in espocrm the .pdf file is blank. I believe it has something to do with the encoding. Any help would be great. Below is the part of the script that I am having the difficulty with.

binary_file = open('data/GetReport.pdf', 'rb')

binary_file_data = binary_file.read()

base64_encoded_data = base64.b64encode(binary_file_data)

dataPush = {

"name": "GetReport.pdf",

"type": 'application/pdf',

"role": "Attachment",

"relatedType": "EventIndex",

"field": "document",

"file": f'data:application/pdf;base64,{base64_encoded_data}'

}


push = client.request('POST', 'Attachment', dataPush)

record = '607e2084e00333052'

doc_id = push['id']

print(doc_id)

doc_name = push['name']

print(doc_name, '\n')

dataPush = {

'documentName': doc_name,

'documentId': doc_id,

}

pushDoc = client.request('PUT', 'EventIndex/' + record, dataPush)

[jpennington]

Ok, I got it fixed. The following the correct way in python:


from espo_api_client import EspoAPI
import base64
binary_file = open('data/GetReport.pdf', 'rb')
binary_file_data = binary_file.read()
base64_encoded_data = base64.b64encode(binary_file_data)
dataPush = {
"name": "GetReport.pdf",
"type": 'application/pdf',
"role": "Attachment",
"relatedType": "EventIndex",
"field": "document",
"file": (f'data:application/pdf;base64,{base64_encoded_data.decode()}'),
}
push = client.request('POST', 'Attachment', dataPush)