Python testing generate error "Unsupported file format for https://v5.airtableusercontent.com/v3/u/"

[ahmoustapha]

Hello,

While testing my script to parse some pdf/excel documents - all under 500MB (considering the limit is 5GB) - any solution? Or is the 5GB limit not per document but for the whole account?

Thank you in advanced.

[TheTimeSavingCo]

Hmm they support a max size of 5gb per attachment currently:

https://support.airtable.com/docs/attachment-field#uploading-attachments-in-airtable 

When you upload the files manually via the attachment field does that work? 

[ahmoustapha]

The uploads are working fine and as explained under 500mb each. 

[kuovonne]

Can you explain your use case a little more? Are you having trouble uploading the attachment to Airtable or accessing an attachment that already exists in Airtable? You say that you are trying to parse the file, which implies that you already have the file. You also refer to Python in the title of this thread, which implies that you are using the Web API on some other platform, and not native Airtable scripting.

If you are trying to use the Web API to download the file and then parse the file in Python, are you trying to get the file type from the download URL? It is not there. The expiring download URL only provides access to the file. It does not provide the file name or the file type. You can get that information from the cell value.

[ahmoustapha]

Hello,

File is already uploaded. Trying to access the file for parsing via an API. I didn't provide the full link details due to privacy. Earlier testing was able to access the file but now I'm getting the unsupported format and not sure what the issue might be.