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Download specific email attachment and post to sharepoint

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Posted on 31 Mar 2023 13:22:19 by gabequinn__ 32

I receive an email every week and post the attachment (report 1) to sharepoint. However, the user also has other attachments in the email (report 2 and email signature that is a picture). Is there a way to only download and post report 1 and ignore report 2 and the email signature? 

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    gabequinn__ 32 on 04 Apr 2023 at 13:17:23
    Re: Download specific email attachment and post to sharepoint

    I tried that. It says it successfully posted but now there is no file in the sharepoint site. So confused. 

  • Unknown geen idee Profile Picture
    Unknown geen idee 1,755 on 04 Apr 2023 at 06:52:51
    Re: Download specific email attachment and post to sharepoint

    Did you put an '.xlsx' behind the filename?

  • gabequinn__ Profile Picture
    gabequinn__ 32 on 03 Apr 2023 at 20:22:31
    Re: Download specific email attachment and post to sharepoint

    Thanks @Koen5 !

     

    I did that but when I post the attachment to sharepoint, its not in Excel format (like the attachment) but in a File format. Thoughts? 

     

    Here's the flow and the resulting file 

    gabequinn___0-1680553287071.png

     

    gabequinn___1-1680553331631.png

     

  • Unknown geen idee Profile Picture
    Unknown geen idee 1,755 on 03 Apr 2023 at 14:01:42
    Re: Download specific email attachment and post to sharepoint

    Dear Gabequinn,

    I gave it a try myself and realized that the output from the trigger is already an array with the attachments .... hence you do not need to use a 'Get attachments' actions.

    View example below and you should be good:

    Koen5_0-1680530491673.png

     

     

    Happy flowing,

    Koen

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    gabequinn__ 32 on 03 Apr 2023 at 13:45:48
    Re: Download specific email attachment and post to sharepoint

    Thanks for the response @ko 

     

    I tried get attachments and got the error "ID malformed"

     

    Here is what it looks like currently: 

    gabequinn___0-1680529528513.png

     

    Thoughts?

     

  • Unknown geen idee Profile Picture
    Unknown geen idee 1,755 on 03 Apr 2023 at 13:21:59
    Re: Download specific email attachment and post to sharepoint

    Dear Gabequinn,

    I assume you are using a trigger "When new email arrives" or an action "Get emails" for Outlook.

    If the attachment you need to get always has the same name ... or has a name-syntax which you can predict, then you should be able to use the following sequence of actions:

    • Get attachments
      • This will get you an array output of all the attachments.
    • Filter array
      • Filter the output from the previous action based on your filename/filename syntax.
    • ... use the output of filter array in your ongoing actions ... for example to save the attachment in the sharepoint.

     

    Hope the suggestion helps,

    Happy flowing,

    Koen

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