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SkyeBoniwell
SkyeBoniwell

Reputation: 7092

get the file url from c# controller via jquery

I have a c# controller that returns a status file for the system. It prompts the user to open or download the file. The return type for the controller is actually System.Net.Http.HttpResponseMessage.

I set up the route like this: /api/logging/status/{reqID}

If I goto the route directly in my web browser, http://mysite//api/logging/status/12345678, it works fine.

How can I get the URL to the file via jquery so that I can put that url in an achor tag like:

<a href="http://path.to.my.status.file/status.txt">Download Status</a>

Here is the controller:

[Route("/api/logging/status/{reqID}")]

    public IHttpActionResult GetStatus(Int32 reqID)
    {
        Stream stream;

            stream = new MemoryStream();

            var reqStatus = serializer.SerializeToString(req);
            var bytes = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(reqStatus);
            stream.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
            stream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
        }
        var response = new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK);
        response.Content = new StreamContent(stream);
        response.Content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("application/octet-stream");
        response.Content.Headers.Add("Content-Disposition", String.Format("attachment; filename=\"{0}\"", "status.txt"));
        response.Content.Headers.ContentDisposition = new ContentDispositionHeaderValue("attachment");
        return ResponseMessage(response);
    }

Is there something I'm missing?

Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 375

Answers (2)

Ivan
Ivan

Reputation: 147

@999cm999,

It seems to me that you need another service method to serve the path to the txt file. You only have a method that serves the file itself as a download. That's how the browser example works.

However, if you want to insert the path to the txt file (http://path.to.my.status.file/status.txt) in an anchor tag of your HTML page, the method that you have does not fit. Create another method that returns the path to the file as a string. Then you can grab that and put it in the HREF attribute of your hyperlink element using jQuery or your favorite JS approach.

Let me know of your findings.

Upvotes: 1

Will
Will

Reputation: 773

Have you already tried the following?

$.get('/api/logging/status/12345678', function (data) {
        console.log(data);
    });

Upvotes: 1

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