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smr_software
New member | Level 2
6 years ago
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Corrupt saved file if I first don't save to disk (node)

Hi all,  I'm using the api to save a file to Dropbox from node (meteor). My problem is, if I don't first save to disk (node) but directly to Dropbox, the result is a corrupted file.  Otherwise, If ...
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  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    6 years ago

    Hi smr_software,

    Did you take care for file decoding, not directly forward it?! Usually files get encoded somehow (base64, gzip,.. etc.) before transmitted from clients browser. :wink:

    Hope this helps.

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Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
6 years ago

Hi smr_software,

Did you take care for file decoding, not directly forward it?! Usually files get encoded somehow (base64, gzip,.. etc.) before transmitted from clients browser. :wink:

Hope this helps.

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smr_software
New member | Level 2
6 years ago

Well, yes, I suppose both answers are in a way ansewring the issue. It's not a DB issue but an encoding one. I'll research a little bit about this, or maybe try in another forum, a more general one, like Stackoverflow. 

Of course if I find the solutions I'll post it back here. 

Many thanks for your help and bye ... 

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