file_to_json.py

# coding: utf-8

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from base64 import b64encode
import json


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with open("test",'rb') as contents:
    encoded_file = b64encode(contents.read())


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attachment_json = {
    'container_id': 12,
    'file_content': encoded_file.decode('utf-8'),
    'file_name': 'binary.dat',
    'metadata': {
        'contains': [
            'vault id'
        ]
    }
}

r = requests.post('https://192.168.88.181/rest/container_attachment', auth= ('',AUTH_TOKEN), data=data, verify=False)

#use the returned vault file info and container id to add an artifact.
add_attachment_json = {
    "artifacts" : [
        {
        "label" : "file attachment",
    
        "cef" : {
            "vaultId" : r.json()['vault_id'],
            "fileHashMd5" : r.json()['hash']
            }
        }
    ]
}
update_container = requests.post('https://192.168.88.181/rest/container/12', auth= ('',AUTH_TOKEN), data=json.dumps(add_attachment_json), verify=False)
update_container.json()