Strapi v3 not returning pdfs

Questions and Answers
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System Information
  • Strapi Version: v3
  • Operating System: mac dev system
  • Database: defualt
  • Node Version: ^6.0.0
  • NPM Version: 14.18.3
  • Yarn Version: yarn 1.22.17

Hi there,
I have an endpoint which returns a pdf, either directly from an s3 bucket or after encoding. If I pass the s3 bucket response directly to the ctx.request.body then the pdf opens in the browser without issue. If however, I save the file to the local hard drive to be processed I cant then get the pdf to be served to the browser. When attempted (with either the original file or the processed version) I get a 404 response back.
Im not that familiar with Strapi and with this issue I am definitely struggling…

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UPDATE

Looking at the logs in the terminal, the problem appears to be that strapi is sending its response back before the endpoint has finished processing. So, How do I stop it sending the response until after the process has finished?

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Have you modified any of the code for uploading? Maybe just missing an await on the method that loads it?

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Ended up re-writing it as a promise as the “await” wasn’t waiting properly.