How to download PDF automatically using js?

Question

My scenario is that PDF file download automatically, then user fills it and when click on submit button in PDF it connect to java servlet and save it in DB.

1. User click on Button
2. JavaScript code run and PDF file download automatically
3. open file using JavaScript automatically
4. user fills & press submit
5. after submit servlet code run and save data in db

In my Application just the 2nd point is missing. Please provide code how to interact with extension using JavaScript to download file automatically. I just want to download the file.

Answer 1

Use the download attribute.

var link = document.createElement('a');
link.href = url;
link.download = 'file.pdf';
link.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('click'));

Answer 2

It is also possible to open the pdf link in a new window and let the browser handle the rest:

window.open(pdfUrl, '_blank');

or:

window.open(pdfUrl);

Answer 3

/* Helper function */
function download_file(fileURL, fileName) {
// for non-IE
if (!window.ActiveXObject) {
    var save = document.createElement('a');
    save.href = fileURL;
    save.target = '_blank';
    var filename = fileURL.substring(fileURL.lastIndexOf('/')+1);
    save.download = fileName || filename;
       if ( navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().match(/(ipad|iphone|safari)/) && navigator.userAgent.search("Chrome") < 0) {
            document.location = save.href; 
// window event not working here
        }else{
            var evt = new MouseEvent('click', {
                'view': window,
                'bubbles': true,
                'cancelable': false
            });
            save.dispatchEvent(evt);
            (window.URL || window.webkitURL).revokeObjectURL(save.href);
        }   
}

// for IE < 11
else if ( !! window.ActiveXObject && document.execCommand)     {
    var _window = window.open(fileURL, '_blank');
    _window.document.close();
    _window.document.execCommand('SaveAs', true, fileName || fileURL)
    _window.close();
}
}

How to use?

download_file(fileURL, fileName); //call function

Answer 4

Please try this

(function ($) {
    $(document).ready(function(){
       function validateEmail(email) {
            const re = /^(([^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@\"]+(\.[^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@\"]+)*)|(\".+\"))@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\])|(([a-zA-Z\-0-9]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}))$/;
            return re.test(email);
           }
       
       if($('.submitclass').length){
            $('.submitclass').click(function(){
                $email_id = $('.custom-email-field').val();
                if (validateEmail($email_id)) {
                  var url= $(this).attr('pdf_url');
                  var link = document.createElement('a');
                  link.href = url;
                  link.download = url.split("/").pop();
                  link.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('click'));
                }
            });
       }
    });
}(jQuery));

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<form method="post">
        <div class="form-item form-type-textfield form-item-email-id form-group">
            <input placeholder="please enter email address" class="custom-email-field form-control" type="text" id="edit-email-id" name="email_id" value="" size="60" maxlength="128" required />
        </div>
        <button type="submit" class="submitclass btn btn-danger" pdf_url="https://file-examples-com.github.io/uploads/2017/10/file-sample_150kB.pdf">Submit</button>
</form>

Or use download attribute to tag in HTML5

Answer 5

1. for second point, get a full path to pdf file into some java variable. e.g. http://www.domain.com/files/filename.pdf

e.g. you're using php and $filepath contains pdf file path.

so you can write javascript like to to emulate download dialog box.

<script language="javascript">
    window.location.href = '<?php echo $filepath; ?>';
</script

Above code sends browser to pdf file by its url "http://www.domain.com/files/filename.pdf". So at last, browser will show download dialog box to where to save this file on your machine.