Save email body and attached images as PDF to document library

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Hello,

I have a flow that saves emails sent to shared mailbox, extracts elements of the email body , creates a file and updates the file properties based off the info we've extracted.

When we create the file, we have it set to the following:

It saves the body of the email but the attachments are not included.

How do I get the email body and attached images to save as PDF file? I think this might be the best solution but open to suggestions.

Any help is appreciated 🙂

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v-bofeng-msft on at

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Hi @shelleyb :

If you need to add the image in the email to the PDF, you need to convert the image to Base64 format.
I provide a way to add all the pictures to the end of the text:

Compose:

concat('data:',outputs('Get_Attachment_(V2)')?['body/contentType'],';base64,',outputs('Get_Attachment_(V2)')?['body/contentBytes'])

Compose2:

concat('<img src="',outputs('Compose'),'">')

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Bof

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shelleyb 193 on at

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@v-bofeng-msft thanks for the help, its giving me the following error message:

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Hi @shelleyb :

Could you please show me your flow?

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Bof

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Hi @shelleyb :

I noticed that your flow is not configured according to the solution I provided. This is the reason for the error.

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Bof

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Thanks @v-bofeng-msft must have missed the loop element the first time round, I've set the flow up as you directed but now I have an the following error message

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v-bofeng-msft on at

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Hi @shelleyb :

It may be that the size of the image exceeds the limit.

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shelleyb 193 on at

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is there a way to compress the image sizes before converting it to pdf without compromising the image? so the size of the image isn't then an issue?

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Jay50 58 on at

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HI @shelleyb ,

Can you please help me with this flow, I have similar requirements,
want to merge email body and attachments into one pdf, can you please suggest me the flow which can help me to achieve this requirements.

Thanks

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shelleyb 193 on at

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Hi @Jay50

I've tried a variety of different ways to achieve this - simplest way was using the encodian connector
Converting Emails and Attachments to PDF in Power Automate (encodian.com)
I haven't been able to find a work solution that doesn't use a third party solution unfortunately.

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