Gallery API Filebrowser kind of support

I need to implement the following use case - through our app, provide the user an ability to upload an input file(excel) and pass it through the Alteryx server via API, run the workflow and download the output file (again excel).

How can I achieve this as the API doesn't take in the File Browser as valid question?

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jrgo

Hi @Jaya,

Theoretically speaking, would you be able to just code your web app to ask for a file and store it then just tell Alteryx, via API, where to find it from? You can use a Text Box interface which would accept your string and just have it update the source field of the Input tool.

Again, this is theoretical, but hopefully this gives you some 'workaround' ideas!

Best,

Jimmy

jrgo

@Jaya,

Attached is an example. As I mentioned on the comments, if the files types that are uploaded vary, you may have to add additional steps in your web app process to also pass the file type code in the same fashion as this. I don't have a list of file codes that Alteryx uses, but you can easily just update the Input tool to a different file type and look at the action tool to see what code it's showing now.

Good luck and let me know how this turns out!

Best,

Jimmy

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jrgo

Hi @Jaya,

Again, this is theoretical, but hopefully this gives you some 'workaround' ideas!

Best,

Jimmy

Jaya

jrgo,

Thanks for responding. Here is what I understand and..

1. The Web app will ask the user to input the file (this is our intention as well).

2. Then the Web app will store the file in some location.

3. Update the workflow to take this file url as input.

4. Through the API question's response as an answer pass this URL and then the workflow will download the input file.

In our case, every user of our Web app will have different input files (we will be pulling data from particular tabs and particular columns) and hence there will be multiple copies of these input files to store, so this may not work for us.

- Jaya

avanibhatnagar

@Jaya Hey Jaya - were you ever able to implement embedding your Alteryx Analytics app with File Upload option to your app where multiple users might upload files and need a specific output.

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