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Hello, I'm new to Power Automate and I am trying to make a workflow that save Pictures or Attachment when images and files are post on a specific group chat
The trigger of the flow to happen is "When a new message is add on Group chat or Channel"

However, after sending single or multiple images whether with text or without text the flow seems to be stuck on SharePoint's "Get file content" and "Create file"

For "Get file content" File Identifier is using function "items('For_each_2')?['contentUrl']"

For "Create file" File Content is using "Get file content"'s Body
After a while the SharePoint seems to not save any of the photos sent to the Teams chat

I don't figure what could be the problem

Thank you,

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Building flows

General topics

Hi @Rain Forest,

You must download the Teams attachment via HTTP using contentUrl, then upload it to SharePoint. You can’t access it directly as a SharePoint file.

Teams chat attachments are not SharePoint files, so Power Automate must act as a middleman.

How the bridge works

Get the attachment link
When the Teams trigger fires, it provides an array of attachments. From that metadata, you retrieve the contentUrl.

Download the file (critical step)
You cannot use SharePoint → Get file content here.
Instead, you must use:

HTTP action (GET) with the contentUrl
(This is the most reliable approach)

This step actually pulls the binary file data into the flow.

Upload to SharePoint
Once you have the file content from the HTTP action, pass it directly into SharePoint → Create file.

Flow summary
Teams trigger
→ HTTP GET (contentUrl)
→ SharePoint Create file

By doing this, the flow temporarily “downloads” the file and then saves it into SharePoint.

Key clarification (important)

contentUrl is not a SharePoint file identifier
That’s why SharePoint → Get file content hangs or returns “Not specified”
HTTP (or Graph) is required to fetch the file first

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