How to select a binary file to send it to NocoDb?

[PLegoux]

Describe the problem/error/question

I want to send a json binary file to NocoDB (Airtable-like database):

How to specify to n8n to select the binary file to send it to NocoDb ?

What is the error message (if any)?

Trying to send that json file to the database, I can’t determinate how to select that file, I get a This operation expects the node’s input data to contain a binary file ‘[object Object]’, but none was found [item 0] error message:

Please share your workflow

Share the output returned by the last node

Information on your n8n setup

• n8n version: 1.64.3
• Database (default: SQLite): Postgres
• n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main): ?
• Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): docker
• Operating system: ?

[ria]

Hi @PLegoux

You will need to use a merge node to get both inputs (json and binary) into the NocoDB

You can then reference the binary data field like so:

Here’s a demo workflow to test the concept:

[PLegoux]

Thank you for your help, it’s perfectly working!