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We have a zap which catches a webhook that has a data element for a PDF encoded in base64.
We want to convert that to an actual PDF file so it can be attached in an email sent through Gmail
Any ideas on how to effectuate?
Currently, we just get a .txt attachment with the base64 data in it.
Best answer by SamB
Just spotted this one had no replies, so wanted to share an answer here. I recently put together a guide on how to convert a base64 encoded string into a PDF file with the Zapier SDK:
The approach decodes and uploads the file directly to Google Drive, and once uploaded the file can be passed along to a Gmail action to be attached to an email.
Hopefully this helps anyone coming across this in the future! 🤞
+11Just spotted this one had no replies, so wanted to share an answer here. I recently put together a guide on how to convert a base64 encoded string into a PDF file with the Zapier SDK:
The approach decodes and uploads the file directly to Google Drive, and once uploaded the file can be passed along to a Gmail action to be attached to an email.
Hopefully this helps anyone coming across this in the future! 🤞
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