tessl/pypi-pyairtable

Python client for the Airtable API providing comprehensive database operations, ORM functionality, enterprise features, and testing utilities

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Attachment Management

Name: tessl/pypi-pyairtable
Author: tessl

File upload and attachment management with support for multiple attachment fields, content type detection, and URL-based attachments.

Capabilities

File Upload

Upload files directly to Airtable attachment fields with automatic content type detection and metadata handling.

def upload_attachment(self, record_id: str, field: str, filename: str,
                     content: Optional[bytes] = None, 
                     content_type: Optional[str] = None) -> dict:
    """
    Upload file to attachment field.
    
    Parameters:
    - record_id: Record ID to add attachment to
    - field: Attachment field name or ID
    - filename: File path or name for the attachment
    - content: File content as bytes (reads from filename if None)
    - content_type: MIME type (auto-detected if None)
    
    Returns:
    Dict with complete attachment field value including new attachment
    """

Usage Examples

from pyairtable import Api

api = Api('your_token')
table = api.table('base_id', 'table_name')

# Upload file from disk
result = table.upload_attachment(
    'rec1234567890abcde',
    'Attachments',
    '/path/to/document.pdf'
)

# Upload from memory with custom content type
with open('/path/to/image.jpg', 'rb') as f:
    content = f.read()

result = table.upload_attachment(
    'rec1234567890abcde',
    'Photos',
    'custom_name.jpg',
    content=content,
    content_type='image/jpeg'
)

# URL-based attachments (create record with attachment URLs)
record = table.create({
    'Name': 'Document Record',
    'Files': [
        {'url': 'https://example.com/doc.pdf', 'filename': 'document.pdf'},
        {'url': 'https://example.com/img.png'}  # filename auto-detected
    ]
})

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