VKInstall

Summary

Upload a photo to a VK wall or to a private message and receive the corresponding attachment string for use in posts or messages.

Inputs

• uploadTarget (required) — Choose whether to upload the photo to a wall post ('wall') or a private message ('message').
• groupId — Required when uploading to a wall: use 0 for own wall or a positive number for a community/group wall ID.
• peerId — Required when uploading to a message: the ID of the message recipient.
• fileSource (required) — Select source of the photo file to upload: 'url' to download from a link, or 'binary' to use binary data from a previous node.
• fileUrl (required) — When 'fileSource' is 'url', specify the full URL to the photo to download and upload.
• binaryProperty (required) — When 'fileSource' is 'binary', specify the name of the binary data property from the previous node containing the photo file.
• caption — Optional caption text to add to the uploaded photo.

Output shape

a list of JSON objects each representing an uploaded photo with VK attachment string (_attachment property) for use in wall posts or messages.

Each item in the output corresponds to one photo uploaded; attachment string follows the format 'photo{owner_id}{id}_{access_key?}'. Errors are thrown on upload failure.

Examples

Example 1: Upload a photo by URL to a community wall with a caption

Set 'uploadTarget' to 'wall', provide 'groupId' of the community, specify 'fileSource' as 'url' with the 'fileUrl', and enter a 'caption'.

Example 2: Upload a photo from binary data into a private message

Set 'uploadTarget' to 'message', specify the 'peerId' of the recipient, set 'fileSource' to 'binary' and the 'binaryProperty' holding the photo file.

Links

• n8n community nodes installation guide