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PurpleCraw
PurpleCraw

Reputation: 303

angularjs nodejs download file from apache http server

I want to download a pdf file when clicking a button on a html page.The html page is deployed on nodejs.And the pdf file is on apache http server.So the html page and nodejs server are on the same domain, but the html page and apache http server are cross domain. Can I do like this? when I click the button, I send a request to nodejs, and nodejs get file from apache http server, and then send response to client(browser).Can this case work? And if the pdf file is very large, I can wait until nodejs get it over and then send response to client.I just want to achieve this goal, download this file like <a href="xxx" download="yyy">Download<a> Can I achieve this goal?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 298

Answers (1)

Nivesh
Nivesh

Reputation: 2603

Yes, you can do that. Browser -> Node.JS Server -> Http Server -> Node.JS Server -> Browser Using Request module you can stream files between req and res. https://www.npmjs.com/package/request#streaming

Example:

http.createServer(function (req, resp) {
  if (req.url === '/doodle.png') {
    r.get('http://google.com/doodle.png').pipe(resp)
  }
}).listen(port);

Upvotes: 0

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