Error when trying to use the response of the {pid}/resource/stream api

Hi,
When I use the ITEMS/{pid}/resource/stream api, if I understand correctly, the request response is a character string in base64 format corresponding to my physical file stored in IDM.

So if I copy the response body obtained in ION API gateway and submit it to a base64 to pdf converter, I should in theory regenerate my pdf file.

I've tried several online converters but always get an error.

Have I missed something?

Any advice would be welcomed

Denis

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prabodhaa

Hi Denis,

It is not base64. it is oclet-stream.

In ION flow you can use file connector with any to generate the output to a location.

Denis MARETTE

Sorry - I thought I had read that this API returns a response in API format. I must have got confused?
For now, I wanted to manually exploit this result outside of building a stream in ION.
So finally, is it possible to use this result through another converter to retrieve the original file?
My aim is to identify, one by one, the various API steps involved in recovering an IDM file (and ideally its metadata).
Then I'll work out how to link these steps together.
But in the meantime, I want to be able to do it manually

prabodhaa

In theory, you don't need to convert, if you save the ocelot-stream output as required file type should be okay.

Denis MARETTE

it took me a while to understand and cross-check the information.
But I finally managed to retrieve the contents of a file stored in IDM and export it - to put it simply - to a file directory.
Thanks for your support.
It's much appreciated.

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