How To Download Pdf File Using Javascript In Asp Net
On my most recent assignment i was faced with the challenge of downloading a pdf file from an api and displaying it in the browser.
How to download pdf file using javascript in asp net. In this article will discuss how can we generate a new pdf file and allowing to download on demand. Don t worry will discuss how can we achieve the same using mvc too. Introduction as we know whenever we are working on a project there is a need of reports that a user wants to view for a respective business date it can be any day to day transactional reports inventory reports of stores etc. Helper function function download file fileurl filename for non ie if. Irrespective of the project in the tip of code snippet i will.
Docs general how to download a pdf file forcefully instead of opening it in a browser using js. Let s we initiate with a requirement of printing a payment receipt on demand using asp net and c language for this example. How to download a pdf file forcefully instead of opening it in a browser using js. I want to view the pdf file. Normally the api would provide a json object with a link to the pdf which can then be used to open a new browser tab window and the browser or platform takes care of the rest.
In this blog we have to add two external js files for converting the pdf jspdf js and html2canvas js.