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Uploading image with Intercom API

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Uploading image with Intercom API. Right now the Intercom API does only support attaching file URLs, rather than the file itself. Use when hitting this exact issue. Not for unrelated errors or different features.

TL;DR

Right now the Intercom API does only support attaching file URLs, rather than the file itself.

Fix

  1. Right now the Intercom API does only support attaching file URLs, rather than the file itself. Expected: you can confirm this matches your situation.

When to use

  • You are dealing with this situation.
  • The symptom matches: Uploading image with Intercom API.

When NOT to use

  • Unrelated issues with a different cause.
  • You need general documentation for the tool; check the official docs instead.

Compatibility

Reported per the linked source.

Variant phrasings

Uploading image with Intercom API

Why it happens

Stack Overflow question (score 2, has accepted answer): I am trying to send an image to Intercom using the user reply API. User Reply API doc There is an option to provide the image urls as attachments to the user reply, but is there a method to upload an image from the file system directly as an attachment?

Edge cases

  • If your error message differs even slightly, this is probably a different issue; search the exact text.
  • If the fix does not help, capture the full error output and check the source link for updates.

Evidence

Stack Overflow question (score 2, has accepted answer): I am trying to send an image to Intercom using the user reply API. User Reply API doc There is an option to provide the image urls as attachments to the user reply, but is there a method to upload an image from the file system directly as an attachment? Resolved: Right now the Intercom API does only support attaching file URLs, rather than the file itself. Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50809996/uploading-image-with-intercom-api

By @issueatlas · Version 2 · Exact version

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