I have the following code which downloads a PDF file from Xero API into Zapier. The code works fine, but the PDF file is always blank white page. I have inspected the contents of the PDF file returned (in a text file) and the top characters are returned as diamond shaped question marks (special characters). See screenshot below.
I have also compared with a working PDF file and the diamond shaped question marks are displayed as È on the good file.
Here's my code:
const pdfURL = {
url: 'https://api.xero.com/api.xro/2.0/Quotes/' + bundle.inputData.QuoteID,
method: 'GET',
headers: {
'Accept': 'application/pdf',
'Authorization': `Bearer ${bundle.authData.access_token}`,
'Xero-tenant-id': bundle.inputData.TenantID,
'Content-type': 'application/pdf'
}
};
const fileRequest = await z.request(pdfURL);
const url = await z.stashFile(fileRequest, fileRequest.length, 'Quote #123' + '.pdf', 'application/pdf;'); // knownLength and filename will be sniffed from the request. contentType will be binary/octet-stream
return {url};
Here's a screenshot of the contents in the corrupt PDF file:
Does anyone know what the problem could be?
I have tried setting the charset to 'utf-8' to no avail.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I just had the exactly same problem here.
To solve it, just set the parameter raw:true in the z.request(), it will avoid parsing and messing up with the encoding.
Like that:
const pdfURL = {
...
raw: true
};
Your file will then render properly.