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Save Pdf and send via API

By: Thompson Fiuzzi | Asked: 11/02/2023
Forums › Category: Code Help › Save Pdf and send via API
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Thompson Fiuzzi asked 9 months ago

Hi, I'm trying to save the PDFs created thanks to formidable and then send them via API to another server, but I can't find any documentation on the matter.
Has anyone had similar experiences?

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My goal is to send my pdf form via API.

After the user submits the form, an email with the PDF is sent to them.

The process:

1 I created my form where I collect my customer's data.
2 I created the view where I inserted the fields.
3 I created the message in action & notification that downloads the PDF
[frm-pdf view=x entry="[id]" public=1] I would like to send the pdf I created via API.

THX

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Victor Font answered 9 months ago
By definition, API communication takes place with JSON REQUEST/RESPONSE. I’ve never heard of any API that can handle file transfers. That’s usually done with ftp.
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Thompson Fiuzzi answered 9 months ago
Thanks for your answer, even using an ftp how can I intercept the pdf file created with formidable given that the file is created "on the fly" by calling a view? Thank you.
Victor Font replied 9 months ago

The file, when it's created, has to written to some directory, doesn't it? The frm_pdfs_download_url filter is the hook where you can retrieve the file's URL to trigger an FTP transfer. https://formidable-masterminds.com/codexv2-hook-detail/?codex_id=4328&entry_type=Filter&return_page=codexv2-filter-list#field_4328_detail_link

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Rob LeVineRob LeVine answered 2 months ago
I just recently felt your pain. The file doesn't actually ever get saved to the server because, as you said, it's all on the fly. I found a way to force the file to save on the server. Let me be completely clear that I don't know if it's secure. All I can say is that it works. See my code sample here. It requires that your server has CURL enabled.
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Rob LeVineRob LeVine answered 3 weeks ago
I created a tutorial for my solution 

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