Apex Error (Image to PDF conversion) : BLOB is not a valid UTF-8 string

Question

So i have this task where i have to convert the image uploaded in Notes and Attachment object to PDF. For that i created a trigger(before insert) on Attachment object and used the below mentioned code,

I used the standard EncodingUtil to convert the image Body in the proper format,

I tried this code

attachmentObj.Body = blob.toPdf(attachmentObj.Body.toString());

But i get the error message "BLOB is not a valid UTF-8 string",

So after some research i also used tried this,

String encodeStringBody = EncodingUtil.base64Encode(attachmentObj.Body);

attachmentObj.Body = blob.toPdf(encodeStringBody);

But the attachment created have ineligible body. I cannot see anything when i 'view file' in the attachment object.

I expect the file to be converted to PDF but both the code i used have problems.

Please help me with this if anyone find solution to the problem.

Answer 1

Recently I faced similar challenge and here is way to do in native Apex with intermediate Visualforce page.

The logic is to take the base64 format of image file and save it as a attachment on Case, any case will do, you can even create a temporary case and delete it afterwards, then use intermediate VF Page to render it as PDF using renderAs='pdf' Then using @future(Callout=true) get the contents on the Page. Here is an example.

But as you are doing this on a trigger level, just change the logic to suit your needs. I was having a client trigger (From UI), so this logic worked fine.

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