SharePoint connector Get content file error for PDF file

[Gman8321]

I have a SharePoint connector Get file content action.

When the flow is run, get the following error. 

"error": {

    "code": 400,
    "source": "flow-apim-msmanaged-na-eastus2-01.azure-apim.net",
    "clientRequestId": "c3c6bd9f-96a0-467e-91bf-0a065f6b13e3",
    "message": "The response is not in a JSON format.",
    "innerError": "

An application error occurred on the server. The current custom error settings for this application prevent the details of the application error from being viewed remotely (for security reasons). It could, however, be viewed by browsers running on the local server machine.

 There is anyway to check the PDF file to see why it isn't being parsed as JSON by the get file content action?

[v-yamao-msft]

Hi @Gman8321,

Could you share a full screenshot of your flow? How is it created?

Before the action Get file content, do you have any actions to create a file in library first? If yes, have you tried using the returned dynamic content from the previous action?

It seems that you are trying to use dynamic contents in the field File Identifier. I have made the following test, please check it for a reference.

It is triggered by Button, there are two text inputs Folder and FileName.

In the action Get file content, input the file identifier likes below. Screenshot for your reference and it works properly.

By the way, you could get to know the format of File Identifier of SharePoint by using actions Create file and Compose. 

Best regards,

Mabel

[Gman8321 · Accepted solution]

I figured it out once I understood how the "Get file content" "File identifier" works. In all the examples I've seen, the "File identifer" had a the dynamic content "Identifier" as the value. I discovered that any identifier will work. What I had to do was get an identifier value for the path. I did this by first using the action "Get file metadata using path". I was able to use the "Id" from the "Get file metadata using path" action as the "File identifier". Screenshot of the solution is below. 

The actions I used in Flow.

Get the metadata. Use the "Id" as the "File identifier". 

The results when the flow runs. The output of the "Get file metadata using path" includes the path "Id". 

The result of the "Get file content" action. The "File identifier" using the value of the "Id" from the "Get file metadata using path action."

[Anonymous]

Using "Get file metadata with path" to pass the ID to "get file content" sorted out a headache

Thanks