StoreFile not honored

[ramaboo]

The following code:

    result = ConvertApi.convert('txt', { File: document.url, StoreFile: false, RemoveHeadersFooters: true }, from_format: 'pdf')

makes a call to the url with &StoreFile=true.

I think the problem is here: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-ruby/blob/88ed026ac1679829f48cb36157c4127457d18a9f/lib/convert_api/task.rb#L11

I think you merge default parameters over top user parameters when you should be doing the merge the other way.

This seems like kind of a security risk having it this way especially since your documentation at: https://www.convertapi.com/pdf-to-txt#snippet=ruby clearly states that the default is false not true.

[ramaboo]

Fixed in this PR #28

[tomasr78]

The StoreFile file in libraries is always StoreFile=true by design, and it will not be changed. This is done because library conversions can be chained and create a workflow; this requires that files be stored on the server. Also, a response can have multiple files, and if you do not store files, it would be tough to send the response as a multipart with files inside.

If you look at our API spec, it's straightforward. You can use vanilla Ruby to access API and entirely skip the library. I have drafted vanilla Ruby code, not tested but you will get an idea how simple to call our API.

Install the RestClient gem if you haven’t already for easy HTTP Posts

gem install rest-client

Actual API access code

require 'rest-client'

secret = 'your-api-secret'
input_file = 'example.docx'   # Path to your DOCX file
output_file = 'output.pdf'    # Where to save the PDF

url = "https://v2.convertapi.com/convert/docx/to/pdf?StoreFile=false"

headers = {
  Authorization: "Bearer #{secret}"
}

response = RestClient.post(url, { File: File.new(input_file, 'rb') }, headers)

File.open(output_file, 'wb') do |file|
  file.write(response.body)
end

puts "PDF saved to #{output_file}"