I am working on a form where we need to input a file and then attach the file privately to the form submission. The setting requires attaching the file to a thing, but that thing doesn’t exist yet because the form is not yet submitted. I don’t understand what the expected setup is in this case. C…

OK so the solution is to use the File Uploader plugin: File Uploader Bubble API Plugin | Bubble Upload the file on the file uploader without privacy. Send the file into (backend) workflow. Create the new database thing. Upload a new file to the file server using the File Uploader plugin, set the f…

You can create a thing first in your DB and then attach the file to this newly created thing in the subsequent step

[image] Zeroic: You can create a thing first in your DB and then attach the file to this newly created thing in the subsequent step Yeah I have another app where creating the thing first is applicable. In this case though we don’t want to create anything in the database first, besides the fil…

Yeah, found another method but not sure if you’ll find it useful [image] "Make this File private and attach this file to" possible improvements Idea We had the same issue. I figured it out, attaching it to the current user first. Once you created a thing, you trigger a b…

Maybe you can create a “state” with “file” type and upload the file to that state. Then when you create the thing you can take the file from the custom state. [imagen] [imagen]

[image] gonzalolluch: Maybe you can create a “state” with “file” type and upload the file to that state. Then when you create the thing you can take the file from the custom state. Right, but then when you create the thing, how do you set the privacy on the file?

It seems there is a File Upload plugin that can do that. I’m going to test it.

How to attach file to thing if thing doesn't exist already?

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Zeroic August 1, 2024, 8:48am 4

Yeah, found another method but not sure if you’ll find it useful

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How to attach file to thing if thing doesn't exist already?

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