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Ricardo
7 - App Architect
7 - App Architect

Hello there,

I’m using Make / Integromat to create Google Docs and upload them as PDFs to Airtable. Occasionally this results (without obvious reasons) in broken PDF files. While the file name is correct, they’re missing a preview, open as blank and are read corrupted in external PDF apps.

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The automation completes successfully. If I open the Google Docs PDF export link, the PDF comes out alright. This makes me think the PDF file breaks while being imported to Airtable.
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Is there a known error, fix or workaround to this? I can’t find an indicator to tell the system the file is corrupted (still has regular file size) to let it redo it automatically.

Thanks for your input

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If this is still an issue, check this video out as probably it will solve your problem.

 

This is the video mentioning this solution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AQyShi2Rts

Tutorial on how to upload multiple files attachments or photos automatically to Airtable from your Google Drive using Integromat. Test a free plan here: https://rebrand.ly/integromat4GDrive --2022 update Due to a recent change - Google blocking access for Airtable and other services to download ...
typeflow
5 - Automation Enthusiast
5 - Automation Enthusiast

As an alternative, you can use typeflow.us. it will help you to generate PDFs based on Airtable data. We use Google Docs as template.
We offer a lifetime plan currently at 150$. This plan lets you generate as many pdf as needed.