Issue running PDF SDK with Typescript on AWS Lambda functions

Report · Aug 24, 2023

I am running my app on Lambda function to generate PDF from Word document, however the code is not even starting, when called it goes trait with the following message:

| Error: allowedConfiguration is not defined

at ../../../node_modules/.pnpm/@adobe+pdfservices-node-sdk@3.4.2/node_modules/@adobe/pdfservices-node-sdk/src/operation/export-pdf-to-images-operation.js (/Users/rdinis/IdeaProjects/mpi/trade-certification-main/node_modules/.pnpm/@adobe+pdfservices-node-sdk@3.4.2/node_modules/@adobe/pdfservices-node-sdk/src/operation/export-pdf-to-images-operation.js:77:1)

at __require2 (file:///Users/rdinis/IdeaProjects/mpi/trade-certification-main/backend/service/pdf-generation/.sst/artifacts/c8bb0bcd321ec6f63b0c0aa4f72c285df9e6710a1a/src/functions/resolver.mjs:24:50)

at ../../../node_modules/.pnpm/@adobe+pdfservices-node-sdk@3.4.2/node_modules/@adobe/pdfservices-node-sdk/src/pdfservices-sdk.js (/Users/rdinis/IdeaProjects/mpi/trade-certification-main/node_modules/.pnpm/@adobe+pdfservices-node-sdk@3.4.2/node_modules/@adobe/pdfservices-node-sdk/src/pdfservices-sdk.js:24:31)

at __require2 (file:///Users/rdinis/IdeaProjects/mpi/trade-certification-main/backend/service/pdf-generation/.sst/artifacts/c8bb0bcd321ec6f63b0c0aa4f72c285df9e6710a1a/src/functions/resolver.mjs:24:50)

at <anonymous> (/Users/rdinis/IdeaProjects/mpi/trade-certification-main/backend/service/pdf-generation/src/functions/createPDFFromTemplate.ts:1:69)

at ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:194:25)

Can anyone explain that?

Report · Aug 25, 2023

I know our SDK runs on Lambda - can you try _not_ using a TypeScript file, just to help minimize the issues? Also, since your using Node, you can easily use our REST APIs instead of the SDK. I even have a library (https://github.com/cfjedimaster/document-services-demos/tree/main/serviceswrapper) you could use to get you most of the way there.

Report · Nov 10, 2023

Seeing the same issue here in NextJs (node) environment. It's due to the allowedConfiguration object not being defined correctly in multiple files under src/operation/. I don't think saying "don't use the SDK" is really an answer, it's a pretty easy fix.

Report · Nov 10, 2023

Well, we don't specify support for TypeScript -but it you want to give me an exact report of what fails, I could report it internally. Officially, you would need to use JavaScript though.

Me saying 'dont use the SDK' was simply trying to give you an alternative to quickly get going again. Personally I've stopped using our SDKs since the REST APIs are so simple. I *know* that would work in a TypeScript environment.

Report · Mar 05, 2024

@Duncan_LHS Can you share the fix please? Im having the same issue now and this is the only google result