To pass a file as an input to REST V2 connector, you must set the content-type to either

multipart/form-data

or

binary

in the request. When the swagger definition has Input parameter of type formData, the file boundary is added to the content of the uploaded file to indicate the start and end of the file. When the swagger definition has Input parameter of type

binary

, the content is generated without having the file boundary.

You must have the

formData

parameter of type

file

defined as one of input parameters in swagger. For example,

{ "name":"file",

"in":"formData",

"description":"file to upload",

"required":false,

"type":"file" }

The following image shows the sample REST V2 object hierarchy:

Use one of the following methods to pass a file as an input:

For the
xxx_FilePath
input field, specify the complete file path as value in the source. Used for any file formats.
For the
xxx_FileData
input field, pass the Base64 encoded value of the file in the source. Used for file formats, such as
.pdf
,
.jpg
,
.xls
, and
.doc
. The length of the Base64 encoded value must not exceed 65535 characters.
For the
xxx_FileData
input field, pass the file value as string in the source. Used for plain text file formats, such as
.txt
,
.JSON
, and
.xml
. The file size must not exceed 65535 characters.

The following image shows a sample swagger file to upload a binary file: