We are looking to import a file link within the Import Manager . What would be the best way to do this so that the File is available in Netsuite> How would we also do this via API

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N/file

or

N/folder

module in SuiteScript. These modules provide methods to interact with the file cabinet in NetSuite. Here is a basic example of how you can use the

N/file

module to create a file:

javascript
var fileObj = file.create({
    name: 'test.txt',
    fileType: file.Type.PLAINTEXT,
    content: 'Hello, World!',
    folder: 123
});
var fileId = fileObj.save();

In this example,

name

is the name of the file,

fileType

is the type of the file,

content

is the content of the file, and

folder

is the internal ID of the folder where the file will be saved. The

save

method is used to save the file to the file cabinet and it returns the internal ID of the saved file. To import files via API, you can use the RESTlet API. You can create a RESTlet script that uses the

N/file

or

N/folder

module to interact with the file cabinet. Then, you can call this RESTlet script from your external application to import files. Please note that you cannot directly link to files on a shared drive from NetSuite due to browser security reasons. You might want to consider using a cloud-based storage solution that can be accessed from NetSuite. Also, please note that you cannot upload a file to the file cabinet over SFTP without having a login to NetSuite. However, you can create a Suitelet URL which your app pings and calls the above.