return zip

src/server.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const express = require('express');
 const multer = require('multer');
 const Joi = require('joi');
 const pdfProcessor = require('./pdfProcessor');
+const archiver = require('archiver');
 
 const app = express();
 const port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
@@ -39,6 +40,25 @@ const requestSchema = Joi.object({
 
 // Route for processing PDF
 app.post('/process-pdf', upload.single('file'), async (req, res) => {
+    // Create a zip archive
+    const archive = archiver('zip', {
+        zlib: { level: 9 } // Maximum compression
+    });
+
+    // Handle archive warnings
+    archive.on('warning', function(err) {
+        if (err.code === 'ENOENT') {
+            console.warn('Archive warning:', err);
+        } else {
+            throw err;
+        }
+    });
+
+    // Handle archive errors
+    archive.on('error', function(err) {
+        throw err;
+    });
+
     try {
         // Parse metadata from form field
         let metadata;
@@ -72,22 +92,29 @@ app.post('/process-pdf', upload.single('file'), async (req, res) => {
             metadata
         );
 
-        // Convert files to base64 and prepare response
+        // Set up response headers
-        const processedFiles = outputFiles.map(file => ({
+        res.attachment('processed_pdfs.zip');
-            filename: file.filename,
+        archive.pipe(res);
-            content: file.buffer.toString('base64'),
-            contentType: 'application/pdf'
-        }));
 
-        // Return the processed files
+        // Add each PDF to the archive
-        res.json({
+        outputFiles.forEach(file => {
-            message: 'PDF processed successfully',
+            const buffer = Buffer.from(file.buffer);
-            files: processedFiles
+            archive.append(buffer, { name: file.filename });
         });
 
+        // Finalize archive
+        await archive.finalize();
+
     } catch (error) {
-        console.error('Error processing PDF:', error);
+        // If headers haven't been sent, send error response
-        res.status(500).json({ error: error.message });
+        if (!res.headersSent) {
+            console.error('Error processing PDF:', error);
+            res.status(500).json({ error: error.message });
+        } else {
+            // If headers were sent (streaming started), end the response
+            console.error('Error after stream started:', error);
+            res.end();
+        }
     }
 });