hi all, akeneo again… i try to update a product image, hers is the doc REQUEST POST /api/rest/v1/media-files Path parameters Query parameters Headers Authorization • Equal to ‘Bearer xxx’, xxx being the authentication token, see Authentication section Content-type • Equal to ‘multipart/form-data…

Hey @Christel_Doudet , You don’t need to pass expression for the file. Can you try by simply passing data in the Value field?

hi @harshil1712 , { “name”: “file”, “value”: “={{$node[“HTTP Request”].binary.data}}” } i don’t understand, what did you mean by simply passing data. It’s not what i have done ?

I’ve updated your example workflow. You can see that I am not using the expression {{$node[“HTTP Request”].binary.data}}, but passing data instead.

@harshil1712 , data means what ? just the word “data” here is the error: { "code": 422, "message": "Property \"file\" is required." } The same as in postman if i replace the file by text “data” how can “data” can refer to the binary file get by url ?

@Christel_Doudet , in n8n, you refer to a file with the keyword data. If you observe your first HTTP Request that fetches the file, the file has keyword data. In n8n, whenever you want to refer to a file you use that keyword. You can also use a different keyword if you update that field. Is there a …

No nodes between, @harshil1712 [image]

@harshil1712 , data was just interpreted as string "formData": { "product": "{"identifier":"10627329", "attribute":"picture", "scope":null,"locale":null}", "file": "data" }, May be sometihing is missing in http request setting ?

Looking at their API documentation, they have mentioned that the file can have either a string or binary value. I am not sure what we are missing. Maybe @RicardoE105 can help out

The node it’s not setup correctly. Check the image below. Keep in mind the HTTP node has the limitation where you can either send binary data or JSON when sending multipart-form-data. Meaning, the example where you send the product and the file at the same time it’s not possible. You have to send o…

This limitation it’s going to be addressed in the v2 of the HTTP node.

Http request Update image with binary file - different behaviour vs postman

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You can make the HTTP request from a function node instead. Check the posts below.

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