ibm-cloud-sdk-core/build/docs/ibm-cloud-sdk-core.buildrequestfileobject.md

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## buildRequestFileObject() function

This function builds a `form-data` object for each file parameter.

**Signature:**

```typescript
export declare function buildRequestFileObject(fileParam: FileWithMetadata): Promise<FileObject>;
```

## Parameters

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Parameter


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Type


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Description


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fileParam


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[FileWithMetadata](./ibm-cloud-sdk-core.filewithmetadata.md)


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The FileWithMetadata instance that contains the file information


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**Returns:**

Promise&lt;[FileObject](./ibm-cloud-sdk-core.fileobject.md)<!-- -->&gt;

the FileObject instance