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Discourse Extended

Read and manage Discourse AI artifacts, categories, posts, topics, personal messages, uploads, and Data Explorer queries

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Summary

Uploads a binary file to Discourse as one of the supported upload types and returns upload details.

Inputs

  • Input Data Field Name (required) — Name of the incoming binary property that contains the file to upload. Required. Default: data.
  • Type (required) — Discourse upload type: composer, avatar, card_background, custom_emoji, or profile_background. Required.
  • Synchronous — Whether to wait for upload processing and return upload details. Default: true.
  • User ID — Required when Type is Avatar. The Discourse user ID to associate with the avatar upload. Minimum value: 1.
  • Additional Fields — Optional flags: forPrivateMessage, forSiteSetting, and pasted.
  • Simplify — Whether to return a simplified version of the response instead of raw data. Default: true.

Output shape

unknown

With Simplify enabled, returns a simplified upload object. With Synchronous enabled, waits for processing and returns upload details. With Synchronous disabled, returns without waiting for processing, so upload details may not be included.

Examples

Example 1: In a workflow, after obtaining binary file data (e.g., from an HTTP Request, Read Binary File, or similar node), connect the file's binary property to this operation and select the appropriate upload type.

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