topic Re: Get File content from github renders the path wrong? in Qlik Automate

Get File content from github renders the path wrong?

bjoern — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:09:35 GMT

Hi there,
has anyone stumbled upon the error that the "get File content" block cannot parse the path correctly?

In my case the repository path is Managed/SpaceName/AppName/Appname.qvf
For some reason, when I run the automation, the slashes "/" are converted to %2F
Does anybody know why that happens?
I use the same path variable in the automation for create or update file content to github, and there it is working fine and the path is interpreted with /

Re: Get File content from github renders the path wrong?

Andrea_Bertazzo — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 12:42:30 GMT

It seems a problem with encoding:%2F is the encoded form of /.

I assume that the blocks are automatically URL‑encodeing the input: they treat it as a parameter rather than a path.

If the target API expects literal path segments (with / acting as delimiters), encoding / into %2F will cause lookup failures (e.g., it treats the whole thing as a single filename instead of navigating folders).
Try to see if one of these options are available Instead of using the raw path in Get file content:

1. Use “Get item by path” block:
-Input your path: Managed/SpaceName/AppName/Appname.qvf
- This returns the itemId (GUID).

2. Pass the itemId to “Get file content by ID”
-The ID avoids any encoding issues because the API expects it as a unique identifier.

Re: Get File content from github renders the path wrong?

bjoern — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 09:43:30 GMT

Hi Andrea,
thanks for the reply. Unfortunately I cannot find those two blocks that you mentioned.

I did some further testing, and it seems to me as if there is a bug in some of the github blocks in Qlik Automation.
I tested the block "Get File SHA" where one has to fill in Inputs for User, Repo, Branch & Path. This works fine and I get an output.
Then I tested "Get File" where there are the same inputs. This however leads to the error "Missing mandatory parameter "file_sha"." There is no input however to pass on this information from the "Get File SHA" block.
The block "Get File Content" has the input fields User, Repo, Path & Ref and there the Path is not rendered as in the other blocks, such as "get file sha" or "Create or Update File Content"