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jfpelletier
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2 years ago
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Writing output file from response from HTTP client

Hello all, I have a HTTP Client snap that returns a file as response (it's a legacy Word .doc file), and I can't seem to be able to save it correctly as binary file. The results returned by the cal...
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    koryknick
    2 years ago

    jfpelletier - I tested a similar use case, downloading a sample PDF from https://www.africau.edu/images/default/sample.pdf using the HTTP Client snap, using GET request method.  Note that by changing the output view type to Binary in the HTTP Client snap "Views" tab, you can go directly to the File Writer and you get a valid output file.

    Hope this helps!

     

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jfpelletier
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2 years ago

Hello again koryknick,

I think that I found the root cause of my issue. I was trying to download the results from the Preview in the snap, so I was probably just getting a partial file. When I go to the Manager I can see the whole file, and when I download it from there, I'm getting a valid Word document!

Thanks a lot for your help and advices, I think we can close this ticket now.

Kind regards,

JF