Get document from the third party system

RE: Get document from the third party system

Stefan Helzle — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 11:35:16 GMT

docs.appian.com/.../passing-a-web-api-document-into-a-process-model.html

RE: Get document from the third party system

hemaashri — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 11:13:31 GMT

Thanks Varun Teja,

Can you pls explain in breif (code wise) for other systems to post documents into appian using Web API

RE: Get document from the third party system

VarunTejaGurrapu — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 11:03:45 GMT

Hi ,

Commonly we get files into Appian in certain ways:

Direct URL
Binary response
Base64 response
SFTP download
Email polling
RPA
Webhook

If you want other systems to post documents into appian using Web API,

Header could be:

Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary

Body you need to send is :

------WebKitFormBoundary
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="example.pdf"
Content-Type: application/pdf

(binary content)
------WebKitFormBoundary--

Use a!startProcess() inside the Web API to call a Process Model that stores the file in a Appian folder.

Hope this helps you!!!