## 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.
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