In this example I'm using commons-io and commons-codec to retrieve the attachment content Base64 encoded.
File attachmentFile = new File("c:\\tmp\\selenium_temp.jpg"); String fileContent = null; try { byte[] byteArray = FileUtils.readFileToByteArray(attachmentFile); fileContent = new String(Base64.encodeBase64(byteArray)); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace( System.err ); System.exit(-1); } Attachment attachment = api.uploadExecutionAttachment( 1, //executionId "Setting customer plan", //title "In this screen the attendant is defining the customer plan", //description "screenshot_customer_plan_"+System.currentTimeMillis()+".jpg", //fileName "image/jpeg", //fileType fileContent); //content System.out.println("Attachment uploaded");