How to Download a File from a Given File Path onto the Requesting Machine?

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Currently, Im looking to download a file obtained via a tool call, and this returns a file path. From the provided file path, how do I download the actual file onto the requesting machine?

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We’ve started rolling out the first part of this: Working with Files — Pipedream

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Are you using our SDK directly, or MCP?

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Im using the SDK directly

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Okay cool — check out those docs in that case and let me know if that makes sense.

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Thanks, will take a look

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Following up on this one, I cant seem to get it work? Providing an empty stashId, true, or “NEW” doesnt seem to get it to return the exports it should be

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Im calling the .runAction method on the pipedream package

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What action? Is there anything that was already or is being written to /tmp?

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This is the google_drive-download-file action

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And nothing should be

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File Stash works specifically to sync the contents of /tmp, and I believe that action should be writing there, so I’d expect it to work in that case.

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Can you log the actual payload and the response and paste them both here?

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I can show you exactly what Im passing

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Yeah sure

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This is the options var right before it gets sent

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Ive also tested it with and without the filepath var

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Can you try adding a leading /tmp/ in the filePath prop input?