I received multiple pdf files and must download it from a REST-API.
After auth and connect I try to download the file with request-promise:
const optionsStart = {
uri: url,
method: 'GET',
headers: {
'X-TOKEN': authToken,
'Content-type': 'applcation/pdf'
}
}
request(optionsStart)
.then(function(body, data) {
let writeStream = fs.createWriteStream(uuid+'_obj.pdf');
console.log(body)
writeStream.write(body, 'binary');
writeStream.on('finish', () => {
console.log('wrote all data to file');
});
writeStream.end();
})
The request create a pdf (approximately 1-2MB) but I can't open it. (Mac Preview show blank pages and adobe show = >
There was an error opening this document. There was a problem reading this document (14).
I have no information about the API Endpoint where I download the files. Just have this curl:
curl -o doc.pdf --header "X-TOKEN: XXXXXX"
http://XXX.XXX/XXX/docs/doc1
Where is my mistake?
Update:
I opened the file in edit and the file looks like that:
Don't have any experience with that :-)
Add encoding: 'binary' to your request options:
const optionsStart = {
uri: url,
method: "GET",
encoding: "binary", // it also works with encoding: null
headers: {
"Content-type": "application/pdf"
}
};