Hi all,
I am connecting to a Webservice that returns a PDF. The code I am using is below.
The problem is however that the PDF returned appears to be entirely empty!!! However if I build a basic web submit form (also below as code) the PDF returned is perfect.
Therefore I can only surmise that I am damaging the PDF file by saving it to a string and then to a FILESTREAM. Is there a more correct way I should be reading and saving the file that is returned in the response?
When I edit the resulting PDF in NOTEPAD I see the following at the beginning which LOOKS like a correct PDF to me.....
............ should there be some form of conversion I perform before/during saving the PDF???
I am connecting to a Webservice that returns a PDF. The code I am using is below.
HttpClient := HttpClient.HttpClient(); SubmitData := 'partnerid=MY1003'; SubmitData += '&password=mc1222'; SubmitData += '&country=DE'; SubmitData += '&firstname=Me'; SubmitData += '&lastname=McMe'; SubmitData += '&street=Thisstrasse'; SubmitData += '&housenumber=9'; SubmitData += '&zipcode=63741'; SubmitData += '&city=Aschaffenburg'; HttpContent := HttpContent.StringContent(SubmitData, Encoding.UTF8, 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'); HttpResponseMessage := HttpClient.PostAsync(Uri.Uri('https://api-return-pdf.theirwebsite.com/PDFService/V1/getPDF'), HttpContent).Result; IF (HttpResponseMessage.IsSuccessStatusCode) THEN BEGIN ResponseData := HttpResponseMessage.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result; f.CREATEOUTSTREAM(fileoutstream); fileoutstream.WRITETEXT(ResponseData); END;
The problem is however that the PDF returned appears to be entirely empty!!! However if I build a basic web submit form (also below as code) the PDF returned is perfect.
<form action="https://api-return-pdf.theirwebsite.com/PDFService/V1/getPDF" method="POST"> <table> <thead></thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>User, Pass</td> <td><input name="partnerid" type="text"> <input name="password" type="text"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Vorname, Nachname</td> <td><input name="firstname" type="text"> <input name="lastname" type="text"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Firma:</td> <td><input name="company" type="text"></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Zusatz Adress Info</td> <td> <input name="additionalinfo" type="text"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Strasse, Nr.</td> <td><input name="street" type="text"> <input name="housenumber" type="text"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>PLZ, Stadt, country:</td> <td><input name="zipcode" type="text"> <input name="city" type="text"> <input name="country" type="de"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Kundenreferenznummer</td> <td> <input name="kdrefno" type="text"> </td> </tr> - 15 - </tbody> </table> <input type="submit" value="Send" /> <input type="reset" /> </form>
Therefore I can only surmise that I am damaging the PDF file by saving it to a string and then to a FILESTREAM. Is there a more correct way I should be reading and saving the file that is returned in the response?
When I edit the resulting PDF in NOTEPAD I see the following at the beginning which LOOKS like a correct PDF to me.....
%PDF-1.4 %???? 3 0 obj <</Type/XObject/ColorSpace/DeviceGray/Subtype/Image/BitsPerComponent 8/Width 227/Length 30/Height 35/Filter/FlateDecode>>stream x???
............ should there be some form of conversion I perform before/during saving the PDF???