Square API for invoice attachments 'Received multiple request parts. Please only supply zero or one `parts` of type appl

TL;DR

For "`` *** square.core.api\error.ApiError: status\code: 400, body: {'errors': [{'category': 'INVALID\REQUEST\ERROR', 'code': 'INVALID\CONTE": the SDK's File type lets you set it explicitly: pass a tuple like (os.path.basename(pdf\filepath), open(pdf\filepath, 'rb'), 'application/pdf') as imagefile in create\invoice\attachment so the multipart part carries the right content type.

``` *** square.core.api_error.ApiError: status_code: 400, body: {'errors': [{'category': 'INVALID_REQUEST_ERROR', 'code': 'INVALID_CONTENT_TYPE', 'detail': 'Received multiple request parts. Please only supply zero or one `parts` of type application/json.' }] } ```

Steps

1. The 'Received multiple request parts' error on invoice attachments means the server cannot parse the file's Content-Type. The SDK's File type lets you set it explicitly: pass a tuple like (os.path.basename(pdf_filepath), open(pdf_filepath, 'rb'), 'application/pdf') as imagefile in `createinvoice_attachment` so the multipart part carries the right content type.

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Versions

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Why this happens

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Sources

• https://github.com/square/square-python-sdk/issues/150:

Issue gh:square/square-python-sdk#150: the reporter asked: Issue square/square-python-sdk#150 (closed, 6 comments): Describe the bug I am continually getting the multiple request error when invoking invoices.createinvoiceattachment `` *** square.core.api_error.ApiError: status_code: 400, body: {'errors': [{'category': 'INVALID_REQUEST_ERROR', 'code': 'INVALID_CONTENT_TYPE', 'detail': 'Received multiple request parts. Please only supply zero or one parts of type application/json.' }] } **Expected behavior** The API should attach a file in dev to an invoice and return a successful attachment JSON **To Reproduce** 1. setup python app to use square package using pip 2. invoke create_invoice_attachm The verified answer was: The 'Received multiple request parts' error on invoice attachments means the server cannot parse the file's Content-Type. The SDK's File type lets you set it explicitly: pass a tuple like (os.path.basename(pdffilepath), open(pdffilepath, 'rb'), 'application/pdf') as image_file in createinvoiceattachment` so the multipart part carries the right content type. Evidence thread: https://github.com/square/square-python-sdk/issues/150