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Updated 5 months ago

POST as base64?

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The community member is trying to build a form that can generate a file on their GitHub repository using the GitHub API, but the field needs to be base64-encoded. They are wondering if there is a Webstudio solution for this, or if they should use n8n instead. The comments suggest that while files are automatically encoded in forms by the browser, regular fields are not, and the community member would need to turn the text into a file. The community member mentions using DecapCMS as a headless CMS solution and providing a link to the relevant GitHub documentation.

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JJeremy
Is it possible to encode the JSON body as base64 in a form?

I was trying to build a form that could generate a file on my GitHub repo using their API, but it seems like the field needs to be base64-encoded. (I could probably send this to n8n but I was wondering if there was a Webstudio solution)
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OOleg Isonen
are you tring to generate a file using a form?
JJeremy
yes, exactly.
OOleg Isonen
I am a little confused how that would work, even if you could convert the fields to base64
OOleg Isonen
what would that file contain? the data submitted by the form but encoded in base64 and packed as a file?
OOleg Isonen
can you link me to the relevant github documentation?
JJeremy
This is an extension of this https://discord.com/channels/955905230107738152/955905231227609158/1320949577540571247. I forked the repo and was able to use DecapCMS as my headless solution. I then was trying to create a form in Webstudio that would allow me to create a new blog post. I was able to generate a new post in Insomnia (or Postman) with this way only if I used a Base64 version. I used AI to help me get that far.

https://docs.github.com/en/rest/repos/contents?apiVersion=2022-11-28#create-or-update-file-contents
JJeremy
Basically, I was trying to use Github/DecapCMS as my backend CMS without every seeing it (after initial setup).
OOleg Isonen
afaik files are automatically encoded in forms by the browser, but not the regular fields
OOleg Isonen
fields are not a file, its just info, you would still need to turn that text into some kind of file, because essentially there is no logic that would do that
JJeremy
ok, thanks. I will probably test with n8n at some point then.
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