Describe the problem/error/question
I am trying to upload the video which I downloaded earlier from Google Drive, but I am struggling with that, what is the correct way to do it? all my trials ends with error like:
What is the error message (if any)?
Problem in node ‘Upload a video‘
This operation expects the node’s input data to contain a binary file ‘[object Object]’, but none was found [item 0]
What I tried:
{{ $(‘Download a file’).item.binary.BinaryFile.data}}
{{ $(‘Download a file’).item.binary.BinaryFile}}
{{ $(‘Download a file’).item.binary}}
nothing of them worked.
Please share your workflow
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