[Home](./index.md) > [ibm-cloud-sdk-core](./ibm-cloud-sdk-core.md) > [buildRequestFileObject](./ibm-cloud-sdk-core.buildrequestfileobject.md) ## buildRequestFileObject() function This function builds a `form-data` object for each file parameter. **Signature:** ```typescript export declare function buildRequestFileObject(fileParam: FileWithMetadata): Promise; ``` ## Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
fileParam	[FileWithMetadata](./ibm-cloud-sdk-core.filewithmetadata.md)	The FileWithMetadata instance that contains the file information

**Returns:** Promise<[FileObject](./ibm-cloud-sdk-core.fileobject.md)> the FileObject instance