Laravel download pdf in public folder

Question

I have a a pdf in public/downloads. I want to just link to it and have it download or open in browser. I tried hitting http://localhost:8000/downloads/brochure.pdf in the browser but I just get a white screen with no errors. In Chrome DevTools > Network, it says the request was canceled. I'm inserting the URL via javascript so I can't use URL::to or link_to() like other answers on here have suggested.

Note: When I link to a css file in the same fashion as the brochure.pdf, the css appears in the browser.

Should work as it is. How's the file permissions? Try pointing your browser to http://localhost:8000/robots.txt. What do you see? — Antonio Carlos Ribeiro, Sep 25 '13 at 19:57
[Check this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15942497/why-dont-large-files-download-easily-in-laravel). — The Alpha, Sep 25 '13 at 22:12

DPP · Answer 1 · 2021-03-15T02:55:57.500

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Path to file can be achieved like:

public function getDownload(){

        $file = public_path()."/downloads/info.pdf";
        $headers = array('Content-Type: application/pdf',);
        return Response::download($file, 'info.pdf',$headers);
    }

function will download file from : 'project/public/downloads' folder.

(don't forget to set-up routes and controller by yourself)

edited Mar 15 '21 at 02:55

answered Dec 06 '13 at 04:35

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Laravel 8: return response()->download($file, 'info.pdf', $headers); – James Ikubi Feb 09 '21 at 14:31

score 5 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 28 '22 at 18:06

Assuming you have stored the file in the public folder under a folder called file and the file name is called download.pdf, (public/file/download.pdf);

This is a minimal working alternative without Laravel facade.

Optional arguments can be added to ->download() method: https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/responses#file-downloads

Working with php 7.4+

use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\BinaryFileResponse;

public function downloadPdfFile() : BinaryFileResponse
{
     return response()->download(public_path('file/download.pdf'));
}

Laravel download pdf in public folder

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