Sending file from Make.com to Bubble API

bart.gommers · 2025-01-05T16:36:03.887Z

Hi! I’m trying to send a WhatsApp attachment (image/pdf/gif/video) to a backend workflow. Somehow it’s giving the error as shown in the screenshots. ChatGPT doesn’t see anything wrong in the setup, I don’t see it either. Seems to be something with the data-structure that Make uses then?

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rjwilkinson10 · 2025-01-05T19:45:09.021Z

Bubble stores data in the “File” type field as a URL/text (not the binary data). Are you sending a URL via your Make API call?

bart.gommers · 2025-01-05T19:49:43.029Z

Thanks for the reply! No it sends as binary. Whatsapp doesn’t allow a link through make, just the data itself in binary. Any idea how I can make that work?

rjwilkinson10 · 2025-01-05T20:11:05.867Z

If you’re using Bubble’s filestoreage you could use a free plugin (link below) and chain that step onto your backend workflow.

So change the file type to “text” > grab the data from Make > upload it to Bubble’s filestoreage (using the plugin) > retrieve the URL in response and store that on your object.

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bart.gommers · 2025-01-05T21:07:37.502Z

You’re such a legend. Made my day It works!!

largeline · 2025-01-06T05:42:41.027Z

Great discussion. I was also struggling with sending binary data to Bubble. Thanks for sharing the plugin solution—it’s super helpful. Makes handling files so much easier.