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danthedev
Explorer | Level 3
8 years ago

How to parse /upload endpoint's response when using pipes in node

Hello    I am piping users request to /upload api endpoint. The file is saved properly, however I can't seem to handle server's response.   As you can see from the picture below, my (probably nai...
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thelwang
Helpful | Level 7
8 years ago

maybe the reply from DropBox is gzip or deflate compressed? look for the "Content-Encoding" header in the REQUEST youre making.  Though not really sure what is up with node pipes maybe its so low level you have to do your own http parsing or something.  But in general read the request and response headers to help figure out whats going on.

 

if thats right then just stop the "Accept-Encoding" header from sending to dropbox when you make the request.  You must be sending that already to get a compressed response. Avoiding sending thatll make the reply normal and not globelgook.

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danthedev
Explorer | Level 3
8 years ago

Thanks! I will dig into this

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