How to Access Attachments and Their Content in Budibase Screens?

[Abd-Atif]

Hi Budibase Community,

I'm currently working on a project using Budibase and have encountered a challenge. I need some guidance on how to access attachments and view their content within a screen.

Could anyone provide insights or steps on how to achieve this? I am particularly interested in understanding:

How to get content of .csv files stored in budibase db and how to process that (to convert in base64) ?
How to display attachments (like images or documents) in a Budibase screen.
Methods to interact with these attachments, such as viewing or downloading them.

Any relevant documentation or examples that might assist in this process.

Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your support!

[ConorWebb96]

Hey @Abd-Atif,

The image component is what would be used to display images within the design view within Budibase. Related documentation here.

• You can import your CSV directly into a table using the import button on which ever selected data source you have chosen to use. The data provider component within the design area also has the option to import a CSV into it for quick and easy access to your data.
• This might help for downloading your attachments. Download Attachments via Link #11350
• This might help for viewing your attachments. This will only work with images as thats what the image component is equipped to handle. https://discord.com/channels/733030666647765003/1153069081029787759/1153069081029787759
• As for your base 64 question, you'd likely have to do something with automations/custom automation steps in order to output the base 64 of the csv and store this within a table.

I hope this points you in the right direction.

[ecmonsen]

Hey this is a great summary! For your last point about automations - what's the best way to pass the attachment's data to a REST API (or to have the external API service download the attachment)?