Upload A File To SharePoint From PowerApps Using Flow

Introduction

 
In this article, we are going to see how to upload a file to SharePoint from PowerApps. Refer to my previous article for creating a PowerApps application:
Step 1
 
Create one new screen -> click Home -> select New Screen -> Screen Name(Screen -2)
 
SharePoint
 
Step 2
 
Create one new label -> click Insert and select label
 
 
Step 3
 
Selected label is shown in the below form. Label text name is changed under property control.
 
Step 4
 
Click Insert -> select Text Input -> Select Textbox for get file name from user.
 
 
Step 5
 
We can set a Textbox default value, I am leaving the default value is empty.
 
 
Step 6
 
Repeat steps 2 to 5 for placing the file content label and file content text box
 
 
Step 7
 
Click Insert -> choose Button
 
 
The button is placed in the form
 
 
Step 8
 
Change the button Name -> Properties -> Text
 
 
Step 9
 
In SharePoint create one document library
 
 
Step 10
 
Flow template created for uploading the file to SharePoint from PowerApps
 
 
Step 11
 
The flow connects to SharePoint, and click to continue
 
 
Step 12
 
Choose site collection
 
 
Step 13
 
Choose the document library from the site collection
 
 
Step 14
 
Click edit for integrating with PowerApps
 
 
After Edit, full details such as file name and content comes from PowerApps and gives flow name-> click save
 
 
Flow Name: My Flow uploads a file to SharePoint from PowerApps
 
Step 15
 
Integrate flow with PowerApps. There are two ways.
  • First Way
     
    Comes to PowerApps Application Select Button -> Click Advanced -> on select event write below formula(code)
     
    MyFlowUploadafiletoSharePointfromPowerApps.Run(TextInput2_1.Text,TextInput3.Text)
     
     
  • Second Way
     
    Added flow to power apps button by clicking the flow
     
Flow Added Successfully
 
 
Formula bar
 
Parameters for flow MyFlowUploadafiletoSharePointfromPowerApps is (CreateFile_FileName, CreateFile_FileContent).
  • CreateFile_FileName - TextInput2_1.Text
  • CreateFile_FileContent - TextInput3.Text
     
Step 16
 
Run this app. Refer to my article (Introduction to PowerApps and Creating Template with it) Step 8 to run.
 
 
Fill in the name and content. Click button to upload in the document library.
 
 
Step 17
 
View the uploaded document
 
 
Step 18
 
Result
 
Open the document to see the file contents.
 
File Path:   ____________ev/PowerApFlowUpload/Test123.txt
 
 
In my next article, we will see how to create blank PowerApps with Excel as a data source.


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