Hi all, I have to call GET api which will return PDF file in binary/blob format. I then do file.create to store that file in File cabinet. The pdf file is created in File cabinet, but when i open it, it shows blank pdf. This is what the api response body is ( i truncate it because it's too long )

%PDF-1.4
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1 0 obj
<<
/Type /Catalog
/Version /1.4
/Pages 2 0 R
/Names 3 0 R
>>
endobj
4 0 obj
<<
/ModDate (D:20230117152407+07'00')
/Creator (JasperReports Library version 6.10.0-dddd38218a3c404d01eecdb9d9a7636fe2d02d7a)
/CreationDate (D:20230117152407+07'00')
/Producer (iText 2.1.7 by 1T3XT)
>>
endobj
2 0 obj
>>
stream
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And this is what i have in my map reduce script

let result = https.get({
    url: url+'/api/v1/wps/'+row.wp_id+'/log-exports/'+row.pdf_id+'/download',
    headers: {
        Authorization: 'Bearer '+token_id,
        Host: url,
        Accept: '*/*',
        'Accept-Encoding': 'UTF-8'
    }
});

let encodedPdf = encode.convert({
    string: result.body,
    inputEncoding: encode.Encoding.UTF_8,
    outputEncoding: encode.Encoding.BASE_64
});

let filePdf = file.create({
    name: logPdf.fileName,
    fileType: file.Type.PDF,
    contents: encodedPdf,
    folder: 4127544
});

Need help Thanks

Are you sure that the body you posted is what you get from result.body? Did you post the api response from a ns-log or from postman?

hi @Watz, the body is not the full content that i get from the api response, but yes, i can confirm there is nothing wrong with the response.body from API, because using postman when i click Send and Download, i can get the pdf file downloaded

But Netsuite might do something with the response when it gives you the response-object.

i log.debug result.body and it looks the same as what i see in postman

In your request header you have

'Accept-Encoding': 'UTF-8'

oo should i remove that ?

Don't know. Just Trial'n'Error it until someone else comes in here with better knowledge 🙂

🙂

I've had to deal with this on occasion but am not extremely well versed in this. However, it comes down to the fact that the N/encode module cannot convert a PDF document from octet-stream / blob / binary (whatever non base64 format you're getting) into base64. Do you have the possibility of getting the PDF in base64 from the get go? You might want to try and mess with the

Accept:

header where you indicate which format you can consume. You could try

"text/plain"

or

"text/html".

I’m dealing with a VERY similar issue trying to upload a PDF generated by NetSuite into Box via the Box API. The PDF has the right number of pages when it reaches Box, but every page is blank white.

netsuite's handling of binary content is pretty old

Thanks for the insight, @battk

ic, thanks so much @battk