[v2] url-loader for miscAssets? (webpack-utils.js)

[zauni]

Summary

A small PDF file gets a base64 encoded URL, whereas in gatsby v1 it got a normal hashed URL.

Relevant information

In webpack-utils.js you define the url-loader for the loaders.file object and use it for audio, video and pdf files here

Is this wrong and it should be the normal file-loader (which is not producing base64 encoded urls) or is this the expected behavior and I should change my webpack config in the gatsby-node.js file to get the v1 behavior?

In my code is something like this:

import downloadPdf from '../../assets/downloads/file.pdf';

<a href={downloadPdf} target="_blank">Download</a>

In gatsby v1 the URL is like this: /static/file.a01dde10.pdf.
In gatsby v2 the URL is like this: data:application/pdf;base64,JVBERi0xLjYNJeLjz9...lRU9GDQo=

Thanks for any help or explanation!

[colbyfayock]

having the same issue, though i was thinking it was going to be fixed in #6661 from issue #5998. wasn't sure if it hadnt made it to the most recent build or maybe just addressed another issue. the issue renders the link unusable

[KyleAMathews]

Yeah — PDFs shouldn't ever be inlined.

[KyleAMathews]

Anyone want to update the webpack config for this?

[zauni]

Thanks for your feedback! I will try to make a pull request.