Getting pdf file from the API response

Hmm.. Nope.. But have not tried this specific use case.   I will have to scan the doc.. My first thought is to create an attachment..   The API is most likely setting a mime-type of x/pdf (or something) ..  And.. I suspect that Ninox may be treating it as text..  But those are only guesses.. 

Hey.. I just had a thought.. Hmm.. What if you dynamically created the URL for the API and presented the user with a URL Link?   Then.. whatever platform they are on should be able to open the URL. 

Thoughts??

I just found a solution in JavaScript (Native JS with Ninext).
I'm finalizing a demo app, and I'll post it by tomorrow evening.

Well.. I could not quickly find an API that returns a PDF.. but the general idea is that your application would build a URL (this image just shows a static.. but it would be an API endpoint) . .  The end user would simply click the URL.. and let the platform use the default PDF viewer to open the link..   It’s a hack.. but might work. 
 

The problem is indeed due to the fact that the HTTP function returns text, which distorts a portion of the content of binary files such as PDFs or images.

Mconneen's solution, which involves creating an intermediary server that directly returns a URL, is a good solution. If you have a URL pointing directly to a PDF, it's then easy to use importFile.

I thought about it, but it's a bit complex to implement, especially if you're not very familiar with web development.

So, I did some more research, and after many unsuccessful attempts with complex JavaScript codes in Ninext, I often ran into the issue of cross-origin restrictions.

And then, just before publishing one of these complex solutions that only work under certain conditions, I realized that the HTTP function can very well return data directly in base64 format instead of text. All you need to do is add {'nx-file': "base64url"} to the header. This triggers post-processing of the HTTP function, which then returns binary data in base64 format. It looks a bit like this: data:image/png;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/2wBDAAEBAQ....

This data format is considered a URL, and it can be passed directly to the importFile function to create a file in Ninox Script. So, there is a very simple solution directly in Ninox Script.
 

Here is the code that's behind the "upload file from URL" button.

'uploaded file' := null;
var fileName := extractx(URL, "\/([^\/?#]+)[^\/]*$", "$1");
var base64url := do as server
        http("get", URL, {
            'content-type': "application/octet-stream",
            'nx-file': "base64url"
        }, null).result
    end;
'uploaded file' := importFile(this, text(base64url), fileName)

The application is attached.
Enjoy!