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Go to GitHub →Bug: Unable to upload pdf using data key.
var pdf = fs.readFileSync("/Users/yyy/Downloads/xxx.pdf, { encoding: "base64" });
var r = await swell.put('/accounts/xxxx', {
content : {
proof_of_business: {
file : {
content_type: "application/pdf",
filename: "some file.pdf",
data: {
$binary: pdf,
$type: "00"
}
}
}
}
This does not work. Error
Error: Object fields contain "$" or "." and are not valid for storage. (cmd: "update", query: {"query":{"_id”:”xxx”},”update":{"$set":{"content":{"proof_of_business":{"id”:”xxx”,”length":31,"date_uploaded":"2022-06-22T06:16:47.588Z","content_type":"binary/octet-stream","md5”:”yyy”,”url":"https://cdn.schema.io/yyy”,”file":{"content_type":"application/pdf","filename":"some file.pdf","url":"file:////Users/yyy/Downloads/xxx”.pdf,”data":{"$binary":"JVBERi0xLjMKJeLjz9….
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Addendum:
Upon upload, the field looks like the following in Swell entity
If one tries to download and open it, it appears as
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Hi @Onwo
I think the $binary field should have as a value the pdf content transformed to base64, like this:
{
content_type: 'application/pdf',
filename: 'some-file.pdf',
data: {
'$binary':
based64_pdf_content}
}
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