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youssefa0001
June 4, 2021
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Appian to Receive External Document Link

  • June 4, 2021
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Is there a way for Appian to receive an external document download link and convert that to a document stored on Appian?

I have tried using the "Document Upload" Web API template without success

I have also tried using an integration object and converting binary to Appian document but got an error saying that my url doesn't match "[*.appiancloud.com, appiancloud.com]"

Any suggestions here would be appreciated.

Thanks

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danny.verb
danny.verb
June 4, 2021

A integration object would make the most sense since a URL will return the document. Do you have an example URL?

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youssefa0001Author
June 4, 2021

Unfortunately, I can't provide the URL as that is private for the client

I tried using an integration object and changed "Response Body Parsing" to "Convert binary to Appian document" but I get an error saying I couldn't connect to the link as it has to match "[*.appiancloud.com, appiancloud.com]"

stefanhelzle0001
stefanhelzle0001
Brainy
June 4, 2021

With web APIs you can only expose functionality to external. Integrations, and connected systems, are made to interact with other systems.

https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/21.2/Integration_Object.html#receiving-a-binary-document

This should get you started.

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youssefa0001Author
June 4, 2021

That thought process makes sense. I configured an integration like the example provided in the documentation but am getting an error like the one mentioned above.

It only works when I provide a url of a document already on appian

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