# Save Email Attachment with node-red-node-email

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/save-email-attachment-with-node-red-node-email/7926
**Category:** General
**Created:** [13 February 2019 12:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/save-email-attachment-with-node-red-node-email/7926 "2019-02-13T12:31:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author: ![northhacks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/northhacks/32/5970_2.png) [@northhacks](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/northhacks)
#### Post date: [13 February 2019 12:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/save-email-attachment-with-node-red-node-email/7926/1 "2019-02-13T12:31:46Z")

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Hello everybody,  
can someone help me save my E-mail Attachment with node-red-node-email to process the files further? I'm new with Node Red.

Thanks

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### Author: ![ukmoose](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/ukmoose/32/13_2.png) [@ukmoose](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ukmoose)
#### Post date: [13 February 2019 12:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/save-email-attachment-with-node-red-node-email/7926/2 "2019-02-13T12:55:34Z")

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attach a debug node to the email node and configure the debug to display everything not just msg.payload.

What do you see? Cut and paste the output here but remember to hide your email address after pasting

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### Author: ![northhacks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/northhacks/32/5970_2.png) [@northhacks](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/northhacks)
#### Post date: [13 February 2019 13:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/save-email-attachment-with-node-red-node-email/7926/3 "2019-02-13T13:21:33Z")

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{"payload":"\n\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\n\nMit freundlichen Grüßen\n\nxxx@xxxxx.com\n\nxx@xxxxxxxx.com\n\n","topic":"Test","date":"2019-02-13T13:10:39.000Z","header":{"x-envelope-from":"[xxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.com](mailto:xxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.com)","x-envelope-to":"[123456@xxxxxxx.com](mailto:123456@xxxxxxx.com)","x-delivery-time":"1550063448","x-uid":"6","return-path":"[xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.com](mailto:xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.com)","authentication-results":["strato.com; dmarc=pass (p=QUARANTINE sp=NONE) header.from=me.com","strato.com; arc=none","strato.com; dkim=pass header.d=me.com","strato.com; dkim-adsp=pass header.from="xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.com"","strato.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom="xxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.com""],"x-rzg-class-id":"mi07","x-rzg-expurgate":"suspect/normal","x-rzg-expurgate-id":"149500::1550063448-000006FF-1DFFF52E/23/3","x-strato-messagetype":"email","received-spf":"pass (strato.com: domain me.com designates 17.58.63.175 as permitted sender) mechanism=ip4; client-ip=17.58.63.175; helo="st43p00im-zteg10063401.me.com"; envelope-from="xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.com"; receiver=smtpin.rzone.de; identity=mailfrom;","received":["from st43p00im-zteg10063401.me.com ([17.58.63.175]) by smtpin.rzone.de (RZmta 44.9 OK) with ESMTPS id K028f3v1DDAlzjC (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (curve secp521r1 with 521 ECDH bits, eq. 15360 bits RSA)) (Client did not present a certificate) for [123456@xxxxxxxxx.com](mailto:123456@xxxxxxxxx.com); Wed, 13 Feb 2019 14:10:47 +0100 (CET)","from xxxxxxxxxxxx (business-90-187-97-77.pool2.vodafone-ip.de [90.187.97.77]) by st43p00im-zteg10063401.me.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9B7668A0165 for [123456@xxxxxxxxxxxx.com](mailto:123456@xxxxxxxxxxxx.com); Wed, 13 Feb 2019 13:10:44 +0000 (UTC)"],"dkim-signature":"v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=me.com; s=04042017; t=1550063445; bh=rj6yGpwaJUp9GvgX3pR1JuSlWKrGerxUg9UUPUiJNtI=; h=From:Content-Type:Mime-Version:Subject:Message-Id:Date:To; b=eYcRbvUKB2GgM93kIGgdGkeJqSi8MEW5kGYFoM5JS1Pnt3lYU4/zYyjGGV6Pj7WvI pFGiCWInMTyW7hS2lKhbKlFwBmKlHWjjreNXjmZHdm0wcdPJLCAHgf5WhfTdg1nyq7 VilvbI546r8hLr1lq0hFjbV7/ckaXWT2pKmAZPcnEsQ2RpTSTuL+uKn9SIJOUbd/f9 NzUN5IG256n/kR6z3T64qOoTHbJYKXq8aXmtsQ+Dh0VYoO5vcnC60ElBmiPu+BiqiA i90LPedO60z0TC4Ojpj3mNrRe+fdZu/WO5gQZd0/YJ1HgCzCFOfjqSfm7RA6GtVO3k kRiZxMHTMPC4Q==","from":"xxxxxxxxxx [xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.com](mailto:xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.com)","x-mailbutler-message-id":"1B133D5B-300F-4E1E-A978-31D6688D6330","content-type":"multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_E02985BF-9870-47A0-B37A-3D9B1BECCC01"","mime-version":"1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.2 \(3445.102.3\))","subject":"Test","message-id":"[97413911-CF65-4743-BF14-14C635305C4D@me.com](mailto:97413911-CF65-4743-BF14-14C635305C4D@me.com)","date":"Wed, 13 Feb 2019 14:10:39 +0100","to":"123456@xxxxxxxx.com","x-mailer":"Apple Mail (2.3445.102.3)","x-proofpoint-virus-version":"vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10434:,, definitions=2019-02-13\_08:,, signatures=0","x-proofpoint-spam-details":"rule=notspam policy=default score=0 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1015 mlxscore=0 mlxlogscore=313 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1812120000 definitions=main-1902130097"},"html":"\<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /\>\<body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""\>  
\n\<body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""\>\<br class=""\>\<div class=""\>\n\<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""\>_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\<br class=""\>\<br class=""\>Mit freundlichen Grüßen\<br class=""\>\<br class=""\>xxxxxxxxxxxx\<br class=""\>\<br class=""\>\<a href="mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.com" class=""\>xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.com\<br class=""\>\n\n\n\<br class=""\>\<img src="[https://bowtie.mailbutler.io/tracking/hit/c917cbaa-b9dd-4722-9a37-0089b2511d33/25cb81e4-614e-4f85-9db2-25501e177c1a/t.g](https://bowtie.mailbutler.io/tracking/hit/c917cbaa-b9dd-4722-9a37-0089b2511d33/25cb81e4-614e-4f85-9db2-25501e177c1a/t.g)[...","from":"xxxxxxxxx@xxxx.com](mailto:...%22,%22from%22:%22xxxxxxxxx@xxxx.com)","attachments":[{"contentDisposition":"inline","fileName":"Web App Software.pdf","contentType":"application/pdf","transferEncoding":"base64","generatedFileName":"Web App 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### Author: ![ukmoose](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/ukmoose/32/13_2.png) [@ukmoose](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ukmoose)
#### Post date: [13 February 2019 13:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/save-email-attachment-with-node-red-node-email/7926/4 "2019-02-13T13:26:24Z")

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when sharing code it’s useful to format it correctly.  
It makes it easier to read.

But inside that you will see attachments (msg.attachments) that contains an array of the attachments.

If you know it’s always the first one you are interested in you can move it to mag.payload using a change node.  
Then use the base64 node to decode it and the contents of the attachment will be available for the rest of your flow.

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### Author: ![northhacks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/northhacks/32/5970_2.png) [@northhacks](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/northhacks)
#### Post date: [13 February 2019 13:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/save-email-attachment-with-node-red-node-email/7926/5 "2019-02-13T13:33:34Z")

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I'm sorry and I will be better next time.

Please see the Screenshot. Is it right like this? I like to save the pdf Attachment.

 ![03](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/2X/d/dc9f763949cc14c24000b2eea48196763c808606.png)

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### Author: ![ukmoose](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/ukmoose/32/13_2.png) [@ukmoose](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ukmoose)
#### Post date: [13 February 2019 13:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/save-email-attachment-with-node-red-node-email/7926/6 "2019-02-13T13:37:00Z")

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no as the email can contain more than one attachment. it is in an array (that’s what the [] signify)

You can use the debug panel to select the correct bit see the page in the documentation on “working with messages”  
Javascript objects and arrays are key to working in node-red it is time well spent working through a tutorial online

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### Author: ![Fed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Fed](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Fed)
#### Post date: [20 March 2020 16:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/save-email-attachment-with-node-red-node-email/7926/7 "2020-03-20T16:31:07Z")

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Hi Guys

I like the chat you had here and Im trying to achieve something similar. However when I try to get emails they come through without displaying the attachment.  
any idea why?  
The debug node has all three settings activated, debug, system console, node status.

this is what I get from the email according to the debug node:

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_From: Witney Unit 82-46-E1Sent: 20 March 2020 16:01:07 (UTC+00:00) Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, LondonTo: [xxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.co.uk](mailto:xxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.co.uk); s@xxxxxxxxx.co.ukSubject: Witney - Unit 82-46-E1 - Daily MessageDaily message

i can see in my inbox that there is CSV attached but I cannot see it.

Any ideas?

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### Author: ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [20 March 2020 17:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/save-email-attachment-with-node-red-node-email/7926/8 "2020-03-20T17:27:19Z")

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it probably need to be set to show complete msg not msg.payload

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### Author: ![stephan1827](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d26b3c/32.png) [@stephan1827](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/stephan1827)
#### Post date: [28 April 2020 04:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/save-email-attachment-with-node-red-node-email/7926/9 "2020-04-28T04:57:40Z")

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I am using a script that does exactly that in combination with iobroker in a docker container. This worked for a while. I updated the iorbroker and all adapters to the latest version and it stopped working. I cant figure out what is going wrong. Here is the flow I am using.

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-04-28 um 06.47.31](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/6/0/60fb103357017d5fb0977404f1c68e3f66b37f24.png)

Any help would great

Stephan

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### Author: ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [28 April 2020 10:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/save-email-attachment-with-node-red-node-email/7926/10 "2020-04-28T10:56:58Z")

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not without a lot more information. did you add debug nodes set to show complete message at each of those point - to see what properties exist and where they go missing ?

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### Author: ![stephan1827](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d26b3c/32.png) [@stephan1827](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/stephan1827)
#### Post date: [28 April 2020 16:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/save-email-attachment-with-node-red-node-email/7926/11 "2020-04-28T16:18:00Z")

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I added a debug log at the end.

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-04-28 um 18.13.45](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/8/6/867bc3bd3be0fbce93bb29a203043524cbda8f68.png)

It seems like the data gets through. Only at the end it says filename "/config/". I would expect the file name "image.jpg" behind that.

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-04-28 um 18.19.01](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/4/7/47901340f9610fa8a3c0e92c1512f0483eac2e68.png)

Stephan

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### Author: ![stephan1827](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d26b3c/32.png) [@stephan1827](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/stephan1827)
#### Post date: [28 April 2020 16:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/save-email-attachment-with-node-red-node-email/7926/12 "2020-04-28T16:33:35Z")

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OK so I figured out a little bit more. It seems that the file is still saved but the location has changed. It is now stored in /docker/iobroker/node\_modules/iobroker.js-controller  
I tried to add ../ before the file name to move it up a directory but that does not seem to work. The docker runs on a Synology NAS. How would I change the location of the file?

Stephan

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### Author: ![E1cid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/e1cid/32/77971_2.png) [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)
#### Post date: [2 May 2024 12:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/save-email-attachment-with-node-red-node-email/7926/15 "2024-05-02T12:00:33Z")

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6 posts were split to a new topic: [Saving only csv email attachments](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/saving-only-csv-email-attachments/87650)

This topic is 4 years old. I have moved your conversation to a new topic.

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### Author: ![E1cid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/e1cid/32/77971_2.png) [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)
#### Post date: [2 May 2024 12:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/save-email-attachment-with-node-red-node-email/7926/16 "2024-05-02T12:00:54Z")

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