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Upload a file using "Portals Web API" to a "File" typed column

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Hi,

 

I'm trying to upload a file to a "File" typed column of a Dataverse table from a PowerApps Portals app.

Other data (e.g. "Text" columns) except for "File" could be registered successfully with "Portals Web API", but I have never succeed uploading a file.

 

These are what I've tried:

 

1. Create a record with Portals Web API:

Post a JSON data to the URL "https://{portal URL}/_api/{table name}" and confirmed that the posted data is successfully registered in the table.

 

2. Upload a file with Portals Web API to the record created (or updated) in #1:

Use "PATCH" HTTP method as the Dataverse API and send "octet-stream" data to the URL "https://{portal URL}/_api/{table name}("ID of the record")/{"File" typed column}".

The API always returns the HTTP code 500 and I have no idea what is going on (the error message is completely useless).

 

 

The code of the web page is as in below:

(I've made a blank page and added this code to the content area. ID of the record will be passed from other web page. If no ID is passed, it means a new record will be created.)

 

{% assign recordId = request.params["id"] %}

{% if recordId == empty or recordId == null %}
 {% assign isNew = true %}
 {% assign record = null %}
{% else %}
 {% assign isNew = false %}
 {% assign record = entities['foobar_mytable'][recordId] %}
{% endif %}

<div class="row sectionBlockLayout" style="display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; padding: 8px; margin: 0px; text-align: left; min-height: 100px;">
 <div class="container" style="display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap;">
 <div class="col-md-12 columnBlockLayout" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column;">
 <div>
 <form id="recordDetails">
 <div>
 <label>Name</label>
 {% if record == null %}
 <input name="foobar_name" type="text" />
 {% else %}
 <input name="foobar_name" type="text" value="{{record.foobar_name}}" />
 {% endif %}
 </div>
 <div>
 <label>Date</label>
 {% if record == null %}
 <input name="foobar_date" type="text" />
 {% else %}
 <input name="foobar_date" type="text" value="{{record.foobar_date | date_to_iso8601}}" />
 {% endif %}
 </div>
 </form>
 </div>
 <div>
 <label>Attachment</label>
 {% unless record == null %}
 <label>[{{record.foobar_attachment_name}}]</label>
 {% endunless %}
 <input id="attachment" name="foobar_attachment" type="file" />
 </div>
 <div>
 <input id="submitbutton" type="button" value="Register" onclick="javascript&colon; registerData();" />
 {% unless record == null %}
 <input id="deletebutton" type="button" value="Delete" onclick="javascript&colon; deleteData();" />
 {% endunless %}
 <input id="cancelbutton" type="button" value="Cancel" onclick="javascript&colon; cancel();" />
 </div>
 </div>
 </div>
</div>
{% if isNew %}
 {% assign registrationUrl = "/_api/foobar_mytables" %}
 {% assign methodType = "post" %}
{% else %}
 {% assign registrationUrl = "/_api/foobar_mytables(" | append: {{recordId}} | append: ")" %}
 {% assign methodType = "patch" %}
{% endif %}
<script type="text/javascript">
 (function(webapi, $){
		function safeAjax(ajaxOptions) {
			var deferredAjax = $.Deferred();
	
			shell.getTokenDeferred().done(function (token) {
				// add headers for AJAX
				if (!ajaxOptions.headers) {
					$.extend(ajaxOptions, {
						headers: {
							"__RequestVerificationToken": token
						}
					}); 
				} else {
					ajaxOptions.headers["__RequestVerificationToken"] = token;
				}
				$.ajax(ajaxOptions)
					.done(function(data, textStatus, jqXHR) {
						validateLoginSession(data, textStatus, jqXHR, deferredAjax.resolve);
					}).fail(deferredAjax.reject); //AJAX
			}).fail(function () {
				deferredAjax.rejectWith(this, arguments); // on token failure pass the token AJAX and args
			});
	
			return deferredAjax.promise();	
		}
		webapi.safeAjax = safeAjax;
	})(window.webapi = window.webapi || {}, jQuery)
 
 function registerData() {
 var json = {};
 var serialized = $("#recordDetails").serializeArray();

 $.each(serialized, function() {
 if (json[this.name] !== undefined) {
 if (!json[this.name].push) {
 json[this.name] = [o[this.name]];
 }
 json[this.name].push(this.value || '');
 } else {
 json[this.name] = this.value || '';
 }
 });

 webapi.safeAjax({
 url: "{{registrationUrl}}",
 type: "{{methodType}}",
 dataType: "json",
 contentType: "application/json",
 scriptCharset: "utf-8",
 data: JSON.stringify(json),
 success: function(data, status, xhr) {
 if ($("#attachment").prop('files').length) {
 // Upload the file after the record is created (or updated).
 var newRecordId = xhr.getResponseHeader("entityid");
 var newRecordUrl = "/_api/foobar_mytables(" + newRecordId + ")";

 var file = $("#attachment").prop('files')[0];
 var reader = new FileReader();

 reader.onload = function(e) {
 var bodyContents = e.target.result;
 var buffer = new Uint8Array(bodyContents);

 webapi.safeAjax({
 url: newRecordUrl + "/foobar_attachment?x-ms-file-name=" + file.name,
 type: "patch",
 contentType: "application/octet-stream",
 processData: false,
 data: buffer,
 success: function(data, status, xhr) {
 alert("The file is successfully uploaded.");
 },
 error: function(request, status, thrown) {
 alert("An error occured.");
 }
 });
 };

 reader.readAsArrayBuffer(file);
 } else {
 alert("Successfully registered the data.");
 }
 },
 error: function(request, status, thrown) {
 alert("An error occured.");
 }
 }); 
 }

 function deleteData() {
 webapi.safeAjax({
 url: "/_api/foobar_mytables({{recordId}})",
 type: "delete",
 dataType: "json",
 contentType: "application/json",
 success: function(data, dataType) {
 alert("The data has been deleted.");
 window.location.href = "/list-sample-page/";
 },
 error: function(request, status, thrown) {
 alert("An error occured.");
 }
 });
 }

 function cancel() {
 window.location.href = "/list-sample-page/";
 }
</script>

 

If there is no way to upload file with Portals Web API, I can try using Dataverse API but I don't want to write an authentication code (I guess this is the reason why the Portals Web API exists).

I hope I have made some mistake in the code and someone can find it soon.

 

Thanks in advance!!

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  • Verified answer
    Guido Preite Profile Picture
    1,490 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    The upload inside a file column is currently inside 2022 release wave 1 preview phase, you can find more details here:

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform-release-plan/2022wave1/power-apps-portals/portals-support-file-columns-dataverse

     

    Microsoft is working on it but I don't have an exact timeframe when a Portals version that enables the upload will be released, with the current version of Portals (version should be 9.4.2.17) the GET and DELETE against a File column are already available.

    hope it helps

     

  • mitsuyoshi Profile Picture
    8 on at

    Thank you for your reply GuidoPreite!!

     

    I didn't want to know that the uploading feature is not ready yet, but I may can find a workaround (hope it won't be too complex).

     

  • adedapo Profile Picture
    256 on at

    I wonder if there is a way to set custom request headers with the safeAjax api. This might be the reason you are getting the errors

  • Guido Preite Profile Picture
    1,490 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    @adedapo when the question was asked the functionality was not present, after Microsoft released a new Portals version and the upload works. I also updated my tool Dataverse REST Builder to include the Portals syntax when dealing with these columns (Manage Image Data and Manage File Data request types)

  • adedapo Profile Picture
    256 on at

    @mitsuyoshi just change the type for the file upload to "put".

     

    According to the documentation, the put method is perfect for updating a single property value such as "foobar_attachment".

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