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Simo Mafuxwana
Simo Mafuxwana

Reputation: 3762

How to Display blob (.pdf) in an AngularJS app

I have been trying to display pdf file which I am getting as a blob from a $http.post response. The pdf must be displayed within the app using <embed src> for example.

I came across a couple of stack posts but somehow my example doesn't seem to work.

JS:

According to this doc, I went on and tried...

$http.post('/postUrlHere',{myParams}).success(function (response) {
 var file = new Blob([response], {type: 'application/pdf'});
 var fileURL = URL.createObjectURL(file);
 $scope.content = fileURL;
});

Now from what I understand, fileURL creates a temporary URL that the blog can use as a reference.

HTML:

<embed src="{{content}}" width="200" height="200"></embed>

I am not sure how to handle this in Angular, the ideal situation would be to (1) assign it to a scope, (2) 'prepare/rebuild' the blob to a pdf (3) pass it to the HTML using <embed> because I want to display it within the app.

I have been researching for more than a day now but somehow I can't seem to understand how this works in Angular... And let's just assume the pdf viewer libraries out there weren't an option.

Upvotes: 114

Views: 272027

Answers (8)

ashishpm
ashishpm

Reputation: 491

Most recent answer (for Angular 8+):

this.http.post("your-url",params,{responseType:'arraybuffer' as 'json'}).subscribe(
  (res) => {
    this.showpdf(res);
  }
)};

public Content:SafeResourceUrl;
showpdf(response:ArrayBuffer) {
  var file = new Blob([response], {type: 'application/pdf'});
  var fileURL = URL.createObjectURL(file);
  this.Content = this.sanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustResourceUrl(fileURL);
}

  HTML :

  <embed [src]="Content" style="width:200px;height:200px;" type="application/pdf" />

Upvotes: 1

Fernando Magno
Fernando Magno

Reputation: 441

A suggestion of code that I just used in my project using AngularJS v1.7.2

$http.get('LabelsPDF?ids=' + ids, { responseType: 'arraybuffer' })
            .then(function (response) {
                var file = new Blob([response.data], { type: 'application/pdf' });
                var fileURL = URL.createObjectURL(file);
                $scope.ContentPDF = $sce.trustAsResourceUrl(fileURL);
            });

<embed ng-src="{{ContentPDF}}" type="application/pdf" class="col-xs-12" style="height:100px; text-align:center;" />

Upvotes: -2

ancab
ancab

Reputation: 780

Adding responseType to the request that is made from angular is indeed the solution, but for me it didn't work until I've set responseType to blob, not to arrayBuffer. The code is self explanatory:

    $http({
            method : 'GET',
            url : 'api/paperAttachments/download/' + id,
            responseType: "blob"
        }).then(function successCallback(response) {
            console.log(response);
             var blob = new Blob([response.data]);
             FileSaver.saveAs(blob, getFileNameFromHttpResponse(response));
        }, function errorCallback(response) {   
        });

Upvotes: 6

Javier Carbajal
Javier Carbajal

Reputation: 111

I have struggled for the past couple of days trying to download pdfs and images,all I was able to download was simple text files.

Most of the questions have the same components, but it took a while to figure out the right order to make it work.

Thank you @Nikolay Melnikov, your comment/reply to this question was what made it work.

In a nutshell, here is my AngularJS Service backend call:

  getDownloadUrl(fileID){
    //
    //Get the download url of the file
    let fullPath = this.paths.downloadServerURL + fileId;
    //
    // return the file as arraybuffer 
    return this.$http.get(fullPath, {
      headers: {
        'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + this.sessionService.getToken()
      },
      responseType: 'arraybuffer'
    });
  }

From my controller:

downloadFile(){
   myService.getDownloadUrl(idOfTheFile).then( (response) => {
      //Create a new blob object
      let myBlobObject=new Blob([response.data],{ type:'application/pdf'});

      //Ideally the mime type can change based on the file extension
      //let myBlobObject=new Blob([response.data],{ type: mimeType});

      var url = window.URL || window.webkitURL
      var fileURL = url.createObjectURL(myBlobObject);
      var downloadLink = angular.element('<a></a>');
      downloadLink.attr('href',fileURL);
      downloadLink.attr('download',this.myFilesObj[documentId].name);
      downloadLink.attr('target','_self');
      downloadLink[0].click();//call click function
      url.revokeObjectURL(fileURL);//revoke the object from URL
    });
}

Upvotes: 0

Jan Tch&#228;rm&#228;n
Jan Tch&#228;rm&#228;n

Reputation: 965

michael's suggestions works like a charm for me :) If you replace $http.post with $http.get, remember that the .get method accepts 2 parameters instead of 3... this is where is wasted my time... ;)

controller:

$http.get('/getdoc/' + $stateParams.id,     
{responseType:'arraybuffer'})
  .success(function (response) {
     var file = new Blob([(response)], {type: 'application/pdf'});
     var fileURL = URL.createObjectURL(file);
     $scope.content = $sce.trustAsResourceUrl(fileURL);
});

view:

<object ng-show="content" data="{{content}}" type="application/pdf" style="width: 100%; height: 400px;"></object>

Upvotes: 23

Manuel Hernandez
Manuel Hernandez

Reputation: 611

I faced difficulties using "window.URL" with Opera Browser as it would result to "undefined". Also, with window.URL, the PDF document never opened in Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge (it would remain waiting forever). I came up with the following solution that works in IE, Edge, Firefox, Chrome and Opera (have not tested with Safari):

$http.post(postUrl, data, {responseType: 'arraybuffer'})
.success(success).error(failed);

function success(data) {
   openPDF(data.data, "myPDFdoc.pdf");
};

function failed(error) {...};

function openPDF(resData, fileName) {
    var ieEDGE = navigator.userAgent.match(/Edge/g);
    var ie = navigator.userAgent.match(/.NET/g); // IE 11+
    var oldIE = navigator.userAgent.match(/MSIE/g); 

    var blob = new window.Blob([resData], { type: 'application/pdf' });

    if (ie || oldIE || ieEDGE) {
       window.navigator.msSaveBlob(blob, fileName);
    }
    else {
       var reader = new window.FileReader();
       reader.onloadend = function () {
          window.location.href = reader.result;
       };
       reader.readAsDataURL(blob);
    }
}

Let me know if it helped! :)

Upvotes: 10

St&#233;phane GRILLON
St&#233;phane GRILLON

Reputation: 11864

I use AngularJS v1.3.4

HTML:

<button ng-click="downloadPdf()" class="btn btn-primary">download PDF</button>

JS controller:

'use strict';
angular.module('xxxxxxxxApp')
    .controller('xxxxController', function ($scope, xxxxServicePDF) {
        $scope.downloadPdf = function () {
            var fileName = "test.pdf";
            var a = document.createElement("a");
            document.body.appendChild(a);
            a.style = "display: none";
            xxxxServicePDF.downloadPdf().then(function (result) {
                var file = new Blob([result.data], {type: 'application/pdf'});
                var fileURL = window.URL.createObjectURL(file);
                a.href = fileURL;
                a.download = fileName;
                a.click();
            });
        };
});

JS services:

angular.module('xxxxxxxxApp')
    .factory('xxxxServicePDF', function ($http) {
        return {
            downloadPdf: function () {
            return $http.get('api/downloadPDF', { responseType: 'arraybuffer' }).then(function (response) {
                return response;
            });
        }
    };
});

Java REST Web Services - Spring MVC:

@RequestMapping(value = "/downloadPDF", method = RequestMethod.GET, produces = "application/pdf")
    public ResponseEntity<byte[]> getPDF() {
        FileInputStream fileStream;
        try {
            fileStream = new FileInputStream(new File("C:\\xxxxx\\xxxxxx\\test.pdf"));
            byte[] contents = IOUtils.toByteArray(fileStream);
            HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
            headers.setContentType(MediaType.parseMediaType("application/pdf"));
            String filename = "test.pdf";
            headers.setContentDispositionFormData(filename, filename);
            ResponseEntity<byte[]> response = new ResponseEntity<byte[]>(contents, headers, HttpStatus.OK);
            return response;
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
           System.err.println(e);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.err.println(e);
        }
        return null;
    }

Upvotes: 34

michael
michael

Reputation: 16341

First of all you need to set the responseType to arraybuffer. This is required if you want to create a blob of your data. See Sending_and_Receiving_Binary_Data. So your code will look like this:

$http.post('/postUrlHere',{myParams}, {responseType:'arraybuffer'})
  .success(function (response) {
       var file = new Blob([response], {type: 'application/pdf'});
       var fileURL = URL.createObjectURL(file);
});

The next part is, you need to use the $sce service to make angular trust your url. This can be done in this way:

$scope.content = $sce.trustAsResourceUrl(fileURL);

Do not forget to inject the $sce service.

If this is all done you can now embed your pdf:

<embed ng-src="{{content}}" style="width:200px;height:200px;"></embed>

Upvotes: 222

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