HTTP returns .html format instead of the actual file format of the downloaded file

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Hello and Good Day,

Can anyone assist me with this? I created a scenario using Jotform’s API to retrieve the URL of an uploaded file and upload it to Google Drive. However, when I use the HTTP module to get the file, it always returns a file.html, and this file.html gets uploaded to Google Drive instead of the actual file format.

Here is the bundle info of the HTTP module:

http bundle info
http bundle info1275×888 108 KB

Here is the bundle info of the JotForm API get file:

jotform bundle info
jotform bundle info1272×887 118 KB

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What does the output look like?

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Here is the output bundle of the HTTP module:
HTTP module output bundle.txt (261.4 KB)

Here is the output bundle of the JotForm API get file module:
JotForm API get file output bundle.txt (11.8 KB)

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That’s a login page.

According to Jotform support on their forum:

To stop our system from asking you to login to see/download your submission attachments, we just need to disable the requirement to Login to View Uploaded Files.

Unfortunately, despite the numerous request to enabled downloading PDFs via API, it still hasn’t been implemented.

This is a Jotform issue, since they decided to implement it this way.

User brfi on the Jotform forum did mention an undocumented endpoint, perhaps you can give it a try:

https://api.jotform.com/pdf-converter/{formId}/fill-pdf?download=1&submissionId={submissionId}&apikey={apiKey}

Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.

— @samliew

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Hey @Nino_Joshua_Castino

To download the files from jotform in make.com, you need to disabled the option in settings “login to download files” and then you will be able to download them here.

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