Error when pulling PDF from HTTP response

Question

I have a question regarding this post: handle PDF content in HTTP callout

When I try the above code I'm getting this:

"Unrecognized base64 character: %"

The logs show this as well:

19:53:04:658 VARIABLE_ASSIGNMENT [285]|base64Response|"%PDF-1.3\r\n%����\r\n3 0 (82794 more) ..."

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Answer 1

You are getting a blob directly. Why not save the blob directly using resp.getBodyAsBlob()

String endPoint ='http://resources.docs.salesforce.com/rel1/doc/en-us/static/pdf/salesforce_query_search_optimization_developer_cheatsheet.pdf';


HTTP h = new HTTP();
HTTPRequest request = new HTTPRequest();
request.setEndpoint(endPoint);
request.setHeader('contentType', 'application/json');
request.setMethod('GET');
HTTPResponse resp = h.send(request);
if(resp.getStatusCode()==200){

    Attachment attach = new Attachment();
    attach.contentType = 'application/octet-stream';
    attach.name = 'myfile111.pdf';
    attach.parentId = '0010C000006ReQW';
    attach.body = resp.getBodyAsBlob();
    insert attach;
}

In my code, I am downloading a SF document PDF and saving it as an attachment on an account record