How can I work with PDFs (Binary files)

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Hi, I created a PDF using the “Convert to File” Node (Move Base64 String to File). The output is a PDF. I don’t know how I can use this PDF to send it via Mail. I don’t know the file path and can’t drag it to a field. How can I work with the Output-PDF / get to know the file path?

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So, as I believe it, is that Convert to File, does not actually save to a location, its stored in memory (accessible via previous node output) as binary format and accessible to other nodes via its output.

This is incomplete, and one of many solution ideas I had. But you could set something up like this.

  1. First create a folder on your drive account with shared permissions to all with link (or however you want to do it).
  2. Then just send the email with the link from uploading to drive:
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