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If you’re a regular visitor here, you may have noticed I cover a lot on the Portal Web API.

So, why did I write this post? The Portal Web API is awesome and it’s fast.

You may be asking why upload using the API when we can now use a basic form or multistep form to upload to file columns?

In case you’re impatient like me, there’s a full web template at the end of this post that includes displaying existing images, uploading and displaying new images, and even visual feedback… and error handling.

It’s been quite a while since my last blog post. However, this topic has the potential to be so transformational, I just had to get my thoughts down.

Relatively recently, Dataverse introduced the File column type.

Please note that this has been superseded by a newer, better approach since the addition of the new File and Image columns in Dataverse.

While this technique still works and is still valid for custom templates, Power Pages forms and lists now support image columns

Depending on when you last updated your portal solutions, yours may still use the old terminology

Ready to give liquid templating a go but not sure where to start? Exciting times!… and good news, you’re in the right place. This is going to be an awesome journey.

If you’ve used Dataverse, Model Driven Apps or Dynamics CRM / CE / Sales for any period of time, you’re likely already familiar with Advanced Find – the old reliable UI…

Basic example: Output a list Intermediate example: Output a table Advanced example: Output JSON to feed the jAudio plugin

For the impatient among you, here’s the final code for you to steal / test drive:)

Here’s a static example of the JSON before we make dynamic and loop over our advanced find results: