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Using promises with PDFMake in Firebase cloud features

I use PDFMake (option PDFKit) to create PDF files in the Firebase cloud functions using a real-time database trigger. The function receives all the relevant data from the database, and then passes it to the function, which should generate the PDF.

All this is done using Promises. Everything works fine until a PDF file is created.

Here is the code in my main event listener:

exports.handler = (admin, event, storage) => {
  const quotationData = event.data.val();
  // We must return a Promise when performing async tasks inside Functions
  // Eg: Writing to realtime db
  const companyId = event.params.companyId;
  settings.getCompanyProfile(admin, companyId)
  .then((profile) => {
    return quotPdfHelper.generatePDF(fonts, profile, quotationData, storage);
  })
  .then(() => {
    console.log('Generation Successful. Pass for email');
  })
  .catch((err) => {
    console.log(`Error: ${err}`);
  });
};

To generate the PDF, here is my code:

exports.generatePDF = (fonts, companyInfo, quotationData, storage) => {
  const printer = new PdfPrinter(fonts);
  const docDefinition = {
    content: [
      {
        text: [
          {
            text: `${companyInfo.title}\n`,
            style: 'companyHeader',
          },
          `${companyInfo.addr_line1}, ${companyInfo.addr_line2}\n`,
          `${companyInfo.city} (${companyInfo.state}) - INDIA\n`,
          `Email: ${companyInfo.email} • Web: ${companyInfo.website}\n`,
          `Phone: ${companyInfo.phone}\n`,
          `GSTIN: ${companyInfo.gst_registration_number}  • PAN: AARFK6552G\n`,
        ],
        style: 'body',
         //absolutePosition: {x: 20, y: 45}
      },
    ],
    styles: {
      companyHeader: {
        fontSize: 18,
        bold: true,
      },
      body: {
        fontSize: 10,
      },
    },
    pageMargins: 20,
  };
  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    // const bucket = storage.bucket(`${PROJECT_ID}.appspot.com`);
    // const filename = `${Date.now()}-quotation.pdf`;
    // const file = bucket.file(filename);
    // const stream = file.createWriteStream({ resumable: false });
    const pdfDoc = printer.createPdfKitDocument(docDefinition);
    // pdfDoc.pipe(stream);

    const chunks = [];
    let result = null;

    pdfDoc.on('data', (chunk) => {
      chunks.push(chunk);
    });
    pdfDoc.on('error', (err) => {
      reject(err);
    });
    pdfDoc.on('end', () => {
      result = Buffer.concat(chunks);
      resolve(result);
    });
    pdfDoc.end();
  });
};

What could be wrong here that impedes the promise and therefore the quote code is executed as intended?

In the firebase log, all I see is Function execution took 3288 ms, finished with status: 'ok'

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.then((profile) => {
  return quotPdfHelper.generatePDF(fonts, profile, quotationData, storage);
})
.then(() => {
  console.log('Generation Successful. Pass for email');
})

then, undefined . Promise undefined. , Promise:

.then((profile) => {
  return quotPdfHelper.generatePDF(fonts, profile, quotationData, storage);
})
.then(buffer => {
  console.log('Generation Successful. Pass for email');
  return buffer;
})
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