This tutorial will show how to add our files component to your Retool app, enabling previews of virtually every file format, remote editing of Office files, and support to several cloud storage services.
Have Retool ready, and let's get started.
You will need:
For our Weavy component to work, we need an access token from the authentication workflow in our app.
Go to Code in the left panel, click the + and select Import Workflow
getWeavyToken WeavyAuthentication from the Select Workflow dropdownReset to Example JSON in for Workflow parametersRun behavior to AutomaticSave & RunYou need to import the workflow and install the Weavy components for this tutorial to work.
Search for Weavy Files in the components search bar and drag and drop it onto the canvas.
The Weavy Files with component should load instantly - but toggle to Preview mode and see the full experience.
Note that this is fully working now and available for all your users if you want - rich file storage and preview support added, just like that.
To access live chat with our developer success team you need a Weavy account.