Open PDF in file system using Javascript

Question

I'm making frontend with Angular and backend with rails. I have a function to render pdf and return url of it. PDF is populated in format of /public/rendered/*.pdf.

After I make the pdf I call a function called openInNewTab

window.open(response.data["path"].split("/")[1]);

However, it is giving me an error saying

No route matches [GET] "/public/rednered/8-64dde64b-5548-4596-96a0-27b11ca51e2e.pdf"

I confirm that the pdf file exists. How do I show a pdf file in new tab?

Javascript isn't the problem. Problem is your ruby controller isn't delivering the file. Have a look: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13164063/file-download-link-in-rails — Kyle, Apr 27 '16 at 19:57
Before I was doing this way, I used what you attached and that didn't work at all. — Kahsn, Apr 27 '16 at 19:59
Can you open up Fiddler? What do you see as the response object? — Kyle, Apr 27 '16 at 20:05
I don't know Ruby but I've done something similar in MS WebApi. In my case I return the file wrapped in an httpresponsemessage rather than the url of the file. If you assign it to an anchor, in html or js, like it'll download the file. — jbrown, Apr 27 '16 at 20:34

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 27 '16 at 20:29

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I assume by the function name that you want to open the PDF in a new tab, if so, you're missing the 2nd parameter. It should be:

window.open(response.data["path"].split("/")[1],"_blank");

answered Apr 27 '16 at 20:29

Mike Feltman

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