How to sent binary data as multipart/form-data

[jwillmer]

I try to sent this cURL request via n8n:

curl --location --request POST 'https://..../upload-file/-b0db' \
--header 'x-oc-api-key: .....' \
--header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
--form 'file=@/test.opus'

I get the binary file from a webhook described in this community.n8n.question.

How dos the corresponding request look like in n8n?

[jan]

Sending multi-part binary data is currently sadly not supported:

Unable to send binary data with HTTP request node

Hi, I want to send a binary file with a post request, and I need to post it with a form-data multipart option. I am looking for something like we get in postman where we could pass the binary data in form with a key and data being the value of that key.

[jwillmer]

O.K., good to know. Any plans to implement this feature in the near future?

[RicardoE105]

Hey @jwillmer,

Just sent a pull request that allows you to send a file using multipart/form-data.

Hopefully, that will help.

[jwillmer]

I don’t understand what you mean. Can you elaborate?

[jan]

He meant that he created a version of n8n which allows to do that. It has however not been merged into n8n. As soon as it got merged and released I will update here.

[jwillmer]

I found the pull request on GitHub: ✨ Extended HTTP multipart/form-data functionality by RicardoE105 · Pull Request #399 · n8n-io/n8n · GitHub

Waiting for the next release

[jan]

Got released with [email protected]