Download File

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Hi,

Im about to start a workflow to download a file from an email. I then want to use this file and post it in slack.
If I download the file, where is it? How can I reference it?
Firstly Is this possible?

Use Case:
I get the Intel471 - Periscope Update email. In this email source is a link to a download PDF. I would like to download this PDF and post to our security slack channel.

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You can’t post the file directly back to slack. Slack has an “attachments” input, but it’s a special term used in slack and not a real “attachment.”

What you can do is take the file from the email and save it via FTP, SCP, SMB, or Git and post that link to slack.

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thanks for replying, say I use the get url, or FTP plugin to download it… I would then have to host the file in order to post the link to the url?

I can see there is a google drive plugin and can upload to the company google drive. How can I then change the sharing permissions on it and get the shared URL to use?

just a question…when I add an attachment from my local computer to slack, I dont link to it, I upload it… just seems strange

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Correct.

The file contents will pop out of whatever email plugin you’re using as a file attachment. So it will be something like.

{{["email"].["file_attachments"]}}

In that you’ll have an object that has:

file_name
file_type
file_contents

The file_contents field will have the file contents in base64 encoded bytes. That you can feed into any of the “file” plugins and save to a 3rd location that you can then reference in a message in slack.

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just a question…when I add an attachment from my local computer to slack, I dont link to it, I upload it… just seems strange

It is, and I agree. I’m trying to get us to change our documentation around that.

As to your question about drive. Instead of setting permissions on the file, save it to a shared folder. That way it will inherit shareable permissions.

6

Cool, thanks for this.
Can I clarify in the email there is no attachment. Its in the email source to
DOWNLOAD PERISCOPE (https://i7.t.hubspotemail.net/filelink)

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If the file isn’t attached, it’s just a link, you’ll have to use a URL analysis tool of some sort on it.