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# POST: Create an attachment

This topic provides instructions for using the POST operation to add an attachment.

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## Overview

To create an attachment instance, perform a POST on the attachment collection, passing either:

- A JSON string.

- An octet-stream (technical preview and subject to change).

Note: Bulk POSTs are not supported.

Attachments contain two different types of data that can be POSTed:

- The attachment entity details.

- The attachment’s binary content. The binary content is generally created using client tools or libraries, not using a text editor.

The REST API supports content types of multipart/form-data and octet-stream data (technical preview and subject to change).

When supplying the attachment name in the request, extra spaces at the beginning or at the end of the file name are trimmed, and do not cause any errors.

You can specify a path for the attachment.

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## Flow

1. Create the attachment outside of ALM Octane using client tools or libraries.

2. POST the attachment to an entity. The attachment must have an owner, and you specify the owner using an "owner" fields such as owner_work_item or owner_test. For an example, see POST request for json attachments.

3. Tests: You can associate the attachment with specific test steps. You make this association by updating the test script with a PUT operation. For an example, see POST request of json attachment and PUT request to manual test steps .

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## Examples

POST request for json attachments

When creating an attachment, we specify the item to which the attachment is associated. This can be any work item, and other items such as runs and run steps.

Note that the Content-Type is multipart/form-data, and it accepts application/json format.

While posting, we associate the attachment with an owner entity. In this example, the attachment is associated with a work_item whose ID is 1002.

    *** Request ***

    POST .../api/shared_spaces/<space_id>/workspaces/<workspace_id>/attachments

    Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=a1b2c3d4
    Accept: application/json

    --a1b2c3d4
    Content-Disposition: form-data; name="entity"
    Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

    {
                    "owner_work_item": {
                                    "id": 1002,
                                    "type": "work_item"
                    },
                    "name": "attachment.png",
                    "description": "This is attachment.png image file"
    }
    --a1b2c3d4
    Content-Disposition: form-data; name="content"; filename="attachment.png"
    Content-Type: image/png
    Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64

    iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAALAAAAAzCAIAAAC48RV/AAAAAXNSR0IArs4c6QAAAARnQU1BAACx
    jwv8YQUAAAAJcEhZcwAADsMAAA7DAcdvqGQAAALRSURBVHhe7ZjhUewwDITph3roh3qoh36OOLYc
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    --a1b2c3d4--

    *** Response ***

    {
                    "total_count": 1,
                    "data": [{
                                    "type": "attachment",

                                    "id": "1001"
                    }],
                    "exceeds_total_count": false
    }

POST request of json attachment and PUT request to manual test steps

See Add an attachment to a manual test script.

Example: POST request for octet-stream attachments

The Content-Type is application/octet-stream. The request body contains the file stream. The request query contains the file name and a reference to the entity that will own the attachment.

    *** Request ***

    POST .../api/shared_spaces/<space_id>/workspaces/<workspace_id>/attachments?name=p01.jpg&owner_release={"type":"release","id":"1001"}

    Content-Type: application/octet-stream

    <@INCLUDE *C:\Downloads\p01.jpg*@>

Example: Use CURL to upload a file attachment as an octet-stream

The Content-Type is application/octet-stream and the ALM-OCTANE-TECH-PREVIEW request header is set to true for this technical preview resource. The request query contains the file name to upload and a reference to the entity that will own the attachment.

Note that this method allows you to set the attachment's name. In the following example, the uploaded file name was my_uploaded_image.jpg. It will be uploaded as an attachment with the name my_attached_image.jpg.

    *** Login Request ***

    curl -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -c cookies.txt \
    -d "{\"user\":\"<username>\",\"password\":\"<password>\"}" "http://<server_name>:<port>/authentication/sign_in"

    *** Upload Request ***

    curl -X POST \
    -H "ALM_OCTANE_TECH_PREVIEW: true" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \
    -b cookies.txt \
    --data-binary @C:/my_files/my_uploaded_image.jpg \
    "http://<server_name>:<port>/api/shared_spaces/<shared_space_id>/workspaces/<work_space_id>/attachments? \
    name=my_attached_image.jpg&owner_work_item=<work_item_id>"

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See also:

- Attachments
- Add an attachment to a manual test script

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