# File uploader not working in "Data"

**URL:** <https://forum.bubble.io/t/file-uploader-not-working-in-data/175491>\
**Category:** Database\
**Created:** [October 26, 2021, 12:02pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/file-uploader-not-working-in-data/175491 "2021-10-26T12:02:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![ben.griffin23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ben.griffin23](https://forum.bubble.io/u/ben.griffin23)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 12:02pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/file-uploader-not-working-in-data/175491/1 "2021-10-26T12:02:56Z")

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Hi,

I’m trying to attach files to a Thing. I created a new field, “Files”, with type “file”, and created 2 test records with only a Name:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/6/5/65914235e86c8d9b82f466182f6a78ef3f8047fd.jpeg)

Then I use the edit, upload a file, and it uploads with no problem:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/a/a/aa6f23c0cf253ca006478de2d13781b59b963ec3.jpeg)

I click “Save”, it says it was successfully modified, then I refresh the page and there are no files attached to the object:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/2/1/21a27be2ee61595870d1bfc7fb5de15e737cddb9.png)

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![rowntreerob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@rowntreerob](https://forum.bubble.io/u/rowntreerob)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/file-uploader-not-working-in-data/175491/2 "2021-10-26T17:26:21Z")

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not really an ans… but to get some background , some docs on the data api which is likely in use by the “upload” and “edit” widgets that u make ref to…

[https://manual.bubble.io/core-resources/api/data-api](https://manual.bubble.io/core-resources/api/data-api)