Downloading a webpage as a PDF in Google Drive using Google Apps Script

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I am working on a Google apps script that is supposed to save web pages as pdf files in a folder inside my google drive. Here is my code for now:

function downloadFiles(){
   var fileName ="";
   var fileSize ="";
   var response=UrlFetchApp.fetch("https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Accueil_principal");

   var rc=response.getResponseCode()
   if(rc==200){
     var fileBlob=response.getAs('application/pdf');
     var folder= DriveApp.getFolderById("ID")// folder where the files to compare will be stored
     if (folder!=null){
       var file=folder.createFile(fileBlob)
       fileName= file.getName()
       fileSize= file.getSize()
     }
   }
   var fileInfo={'rc':rc, "filename":fileName,"filesize":fileSize}
 }

for some reason, when I run my script I get this error: Exception: Conversion from text/html to application/pdf failed.

I read on some websites that it could be related to a limitation or something like that... Do you know how I can solve this issue?

google-apps-script google-sheets
2 Answers

From what I understand the problem might come from the getAs() that fails to do the conversion.

I tried with the following version

var page = response.getContentText();
var fileBlob = Utilities.newBlob(page,"application/pdf");
fileBlob.setName("name");

And it manages to create a pdf, but the content is corrupted beyond the first page. I'll keep looking

user_143401660

That conversion service seems to be failing in the last 24 hours (I've been trying to fix my script since then). The script was running for 2 years and is failing since yesterday.

Someone else opened this stackoverflow issue: Google App Script convert HTML to PDF not working but it was flagged (wrongly) as duplicate.

My bet: Something wrong on Google App's side, but I'll subscribe to this question just in case.

user_30944000
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