How to send attachment as a binary data as one of the parameter inside the body to the third party??

[Manikantahere]

When I tried to use the below code to convert the attachment to binary data I got the error. When explored more on the error I found the article saying this will only work scope other than global. is it right? if not how can I convert the attachment into binary data to send it to third-party  ???

[Ankur Bawiskar]

@Manikantahere 

getBytes() function require GlideRecord object of sys_attachment but you are sending sysId

So assuming "attachment_list" is the correct name of input variable and it holds sysAttachment sysId, the below script should work fine

var attGr = new GlideRecord('sys_attachment');
attGr.addQuery('sys_id', inputs.attachment_list);
attGr.query();
if (attGr.next()) {
    var gsu = (typeof GlideStringUtil != 'undefined') ? (GlideStringUtil) : (Packages.com.glide.util.StringUtil); //few versions support the first one, other supports second
    var gsa = (typeof GlideSysAttachment != 'undefined') ? (new GlideSysAttachment()) : (new Packages.com.glide.ui.SysAttachment());
    var attachmentData = gsa.getBytes(attGr);
    var attachment = String(Packages.java.lang.String(attachmentData));
    var encData = GlideStringUtil.base64Encode(attachmentData); // data of one attachment at a time
    gs.info("attachment bae64 encoded data is" + encData);
}

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[Manikantahere]

I am neither getting log nor error when I used above.  can you check once.

[Ankur Bawiskar]

@Manikantahere 

I am able to get it.

Are you sure you gave the correct sys_attachment sysId as input to your action and using correct input variable name?

As per your earlier screenshot the variable name is "Attachment List" but in script you are using wrong spelling -> inputs.attachemntList

Hope you are testing it correctly

Output for script I shared

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[Ankur Bawiskar]

@Manikantahere 

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