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Create Attachment

Attach a file to an existing Salesforce record (classic Attachment object). Use Find Records to get the parent record ID first. For newer orgs prefer Salesforce Files - use Insert Blob Data with ContentVersion instead. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • OAuth
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Salesforce account once, then configure and run Create Attachment from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "salesforce_rest_api-create-attachment",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    salesforce_rest_api: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    Name: "File Name",
    filePathOrContent: "File Path, URL or Content",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Create Attachment inputs
Property Type Description
Name File Name string
Name of the attached file. Max 255 characters.
Required
filePathOrContent File Path, URL or Content string
The file to attach. Provide either a file URL, a path to a file in the /tmp directory (for example, /tmp/myFile.txt), or base64-encoded file data.
Required
ContentType Content Type string
The content type (MIME type) of the attachment. For example, image/png.
Required
ParentId Parent ID string
ID of the parent object of the attachment. See the documentation for supported objects.
Required
syncDir SyncDir dir
Optional
Description Description string
Description of the attachment. Max 500 characters.
Optional
IsPrivate Private boolean
Whether this record is viewable only by the owner and administrators (true) or viewable by all otherwise-allowed users (false).
Optional
OwnerId Owner ID string
ID of the user who owns the attachment (Salesforce's 15- or 18-character record ID, e.g. 005XX000001SvR2). Use SOQL Query to find the User ID.
Optional
additionalFields Additional Fields object
Other fields to set for this record as name -> value pairs. Values are parsed as JSON where applicable. Example: {"Industry": "Technology", "AnnualRevenue": 1000000}. Use Describe Object to discover valid field names.
Optional

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
salesforce_rest_api-create-attachment
Version
0.6.1
App
Salesforce
Authentication
OAuth
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes