Attachment fields
Uploading Attachments
Uploading local files in bulk
Uploading attachments via automations or code
If you want to upload an attachment using an automation, scripting, or third party integration, the attachment must be hosted at a publicly accessible url.
Airtable cannot upload files from viewer URLs that show the file in a viewer (versus the raw file) or URLs that require a user to be logged.
Accessing attachments shortly after upload
When you upload an attachment, the url starts out as a temporary url, for a fraction of a second (or sometimes a little longer), so it is best to wait a few seconds after uploading the attachment before attempting to access the file.
In scripting, I tend to wait a few seconds and then check for a thumbnail url. If the there is a thumbnail url, the attachment is good to go. If there is no thumbnail (for a file type that can get a thumbnail), I wait a few more seconds. If there still isn’t a thumbnail, I either fail and warn the user or I try again with a cache-busting variation on the source url, depending on the use case.
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