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Hi, thanks for the info.<br />
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Unless I am mis-understanding something it sounds like the example is to push an attachment IN to SFDC.<br />
<br />
I am trying to push an attachment OUT of SFDC using a call out.<br />
But apparently the call outs do not support binary type.
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Hi, thanks for the info.

Unless I am mis-understanding something it sounds like the example is to push an attachment IN to SFDC.

I am trying to push an attachment OUT of SFDC using a call out.
But apparently the call outs do not support binary type.

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I need to send data to a web service from Salesforce using an APEX REST call out method.<br />
<br />
Sending basic text data is no problem.<br />
But apparently there is no way to send a blob or binary data.<br />
Therefore there is no easy way to attach a file to the web service call out.<br />
<br />
My question is, can I somehow encode/re-encode the binary attachment into plain text that can then be de-coded on the other end?<br />
<br />
Thanks,<br />
<br />
Kevin.
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I need to send data to a web service from Salesforce using an APEX REST call out method.

Sending basic text data is no problem.
But apparently there is no way to send a blob or binary data.
Therefore there is no easy way to attach a file to the web service call out.

My question is, can I somehow encode/re-encode the binary attachment into plain text that can then be de-coded on the other end?

Thanks,

Kevin.

Salesforce callout with binary data

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