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javasundaram
javasundaram

Reputation: 967

how to write pdf file in browser using servlet?

here the below code trying to write pdf file from local machine to browser, but here doesn't write file to browser 

String pdfFileName = "hello1.pdf";
            String contextPath = "";
                    contextPath = "/home/admin/Desktop/";
            File pdfFile = new File(contextPath + pdfFileName);
                    FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(pdfFile);
            response.setContentType("application/pdf");
            response.addHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + pdfFileName);
            response.setContentLength((int) pdfFile.length());      
            OutputStream responseOutputStream = response.getOutputStream();
                    System.out.println("fileInputstream length : " + fileInputStream.available());
            int length;
                    byte[] buffer = new byte[4096];
            while ((length = fileInputStream.read(buffer)) > 0) {
                responseOutputStream.write(buffer, 0, length);
            }
                    System.out.println(" outputstream length : " + responseOutputStream.toString());
                    fileInputStream.close();
                    responseOutputStream.flush();
                    responseOutputStream.close();

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2815

Answers (1)

HaRLoFei
HaRLoFei

Reputation: 316

in your code statement:

response.addHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + pdfFileName);

change"attachment" to "inline", like below :

response.addHeader("Content-Disposition", "inline; filename=" + pdfFileName);

Then pdf file will open automatically

Upvotes: 1

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