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prevent empty content error when attaching content to a Sharepoint List item

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Posted on by mobilismexico 274

I am creating a List item with content that may or may not include photo attachments.

 

If the user does not take a photo, my flow fails. The file content field uses the expression:

base64ToBinary(triggerBody()['Addattachment_FileContent'])

 

How would you prevent the error?

 

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    mobilismexico 274 on at

    I created a conditional branch. That's it.

     

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    Posting my questions helps think about ways to test possible solutions.

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    900cut 27 on at

    Hi @mobilismexico , can you add a condition before the adding attachment? If there is an attachment, you add it. If there is no, do nothing

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