Pdf.co error time out

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Hi Make Community,

I’m running into a persistent timeout issue when using PDF.c in a scenario that processes email attachments. Here’s what my flow looks like:

  1. Watch Emails

  2. Iterator (over attachments)

  3. HTTP GET (presigned URL)

  4. HTTP PUT (upload to PDF.c)

  5. PDF.c PDF-to-Text → async: true

  6. OpenAI for classification

  7. Upload to Google Drive

The issue:

Even with small files (e.g., 600 KB), I sometimes get a 408 timeout error from PDF.co.

I tried enabling “async”: true, and the timeout disappears — but instead of getting plain text, I get a URL to the output.

Because of that, OpenAI receives a link instead of the actual extracted text.

I’m stuck trying to:

Access the actual extracted text (not just the link) from PDF.co

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Make the flow reliable for small and medium-sized files

Has anyone solved this or worked with PDF.co async mode successfully? Would appreciate any help or ideas!

Thanks in advance :folded_hands: