Expecting a PDF file from HTTP download action but got something else

JayMappus — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 01:04:45 GMT

Hi,

I've got an HTTP action step that supposedly GETs from the app SignNow a downloaded document. Yet what it returns is not what I expected, neither a public link to the file nor a downloaded file as far as I can tell. Can you please help me determine what I'm doing wrong? Below is what I get back which has an encouraging status code of 200 but I don't know how to get to the PDF file I'm expecting. SignNow's API documentation for it is here https://docs.signnow.com/docs/signnow/reference/operations/get-a-document-download .

Thank you

{
Status code: 200,
Error: ,
Headers:
{
Date: 2023-08-15,
Content type: application/pdf,
Content length: 294858,
Connection: keep-alive,
Server: openresty,
X ratelimit limit: 1000,
X ratelimit remaining: 997,
X ratelimit reset: 1692064800,
Cache control: public,
Last modified: 2023-08-15,
Content disposition: attachment; filename="Jay Testautoupload1211 - Auto Retainer Agreement with McDo.pdf",
Accept ranges: bytes,
Strict transport security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
},
Body: 0x255044462d312e330a25bff7a2fe0a312030206f626a0a3c3c202f5061676573203320302052202f54797065202f436174616c6f67202f56657273696f6e202f312e33203e3e0a656e646f626a0a322030206f626a0a3c3c202f43726561746f722028616972536c61746520696e632e29202f50726f64xxxxxxxx…(294730 bytes more),
Response: 0x255044462d312e330a25bff7a2fe0a312030206f626a0a3c3c202f5061676573203320302052202f54797065202f436174616c6f67202f56657273696f6e202f312e33203e3e0a656e646f626a0a322030206f626a0a3c3c202f43726561746f722028616972536c61746520696e632e29202f50726f647563xxxxxxx…(294730 bytes more)
}

Re: Expecting a PDF file from HTTP download action but got something else

chris-wiechmann — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 05:42:11 GMT

Hi @JayMappus,

Based on what I can see, this is a PDF-Document within the response body of your HTTP-Request. Now, you have to extract it into an attribute (you know, create a proper response schema for the HTTP-Request) and then save it into a file.

Cheers,
Chris

Re: Expecting a PDF file from HTTP download action but got something else

JayMappus — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 21:06:55 GMT

Thank you Chris. Per your advice I found it in the "Body". I guess I was expecting something else. Thanks for getting me out of a jam.

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