Form trigger uploaded files write to disk

Questions
1

I have a form trigger that uploads some images.

I can’t workout how to save the files. I need to upload the files to facebook later in the workflow ( already worked this bit out)

I can see the binary data as output in the code node.

What am I missing here please.

Information on your n8n setup

  • n8n version: 1.59
  • Database (default: SQLite):
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: ):
  • Running n8n via (Render):
  • Operating system: win 10
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It looks like your topic is missing some important information. Could you provide the following if applicable.

  • n8n version:
  • Database (default: SQLite):
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app):
  • Operating system:
3

This seems to work as I see the binary files as output and no errors.

But I cannot find the files on the render.com server using find -name *.jpg in the shell.

The disk path is /opy/render/.n8n I tried adding that and the result was the same.

So where are the files saved to ???

4

As a workaround I uploaded the files using FTP and used the urls to post to facebook.

5

I have been trying to find out where the files are going and how to locate them.

On the install on Render.com I located at render@srv-crc6u5jtq21c738qbv3g-77cb59f9f4-hwg4c/opy/render/.n8n so I created a folder myDir

When saving files I used /opy/render/.n8n/myDir/{{ $json.fileName }}

The files are located in that folder.

I cannot work out the url to this folder. https://mySite.onrender.com//opy/render/.n8n/myDir/441161212_122111615192297037_4704017064160374934_n2.jp
I tried various paths. Where is this file please.

Installed locally on windows 10 using npm

Same workflow.

{{ $json.fileName }} saves the file I can see it in the output.

But I can’t find the files on C: drive.

I can read the file using the same path.

Any ideas ?

6

Hey @Steve_Warburton,

I am not familar with Render however if it is using Docker the files will be in the docker container in the path you specify. I suspect /opy/render/.n8n is just where your database is so it could be worth adding a similar folder for your and mounting it to the container so the files can be saved and accessed outside of the container.

7

What is the url to the folder. ?