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I am able to create an item without trouble if I do not reference the item files column and I get back the new item ID and save that for future use.


I have the URL to an image, fully qualified, as in https://cdn.mysource.com/foo.jpg


The board has a column of type file with an ID files and therefore I want this image to be assigned to it. No matter what I do though, Monday returns


{"error_message"=>"Internal server error", "status_code"=>500}


When I include the column with the image, files: image, the image string URL the create fails.


Why??? I tried the mutation with the item_id and column_id and providing the id of the items file column, same deal.


 mutation($item_id: Int!, $file: File!) {

      add_file_to_column (item_id: $item_id, column_id: "files", file: $file) {

        id

      }

    }

How can I create an item with an image using Monday API? What is the secret?


Please!

Hello there @dlazar,


That mutation is a multi-part POST request that requires a file from your computer to be used. You can not use a link for it.


You can find an example on how the mutation is used here.


Let me know if you have any questions 🙂


Cheers,

Matias

Yes. I got it working with the clunky multipart post. I guess seeing as in 2021 this was a recognized problem, in that the API was not advanced enough to handle file links, it remains the same in 2023. OK. Moving on! I do hope that at some point things get simplified enough where we can just provide a link.


Thanks for confirming IRL behaviour for me today!

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