For example, I have a pdf file link like this:
https://boliden.chemsoft.eu/BlackBoxInterface.aspx?output=doc&id=20647&filesekv=85858&filename=Zinc_2015-06-01_English.pdf.
If I create a link
<a href="https://boliden.chemsoft.eu/BlackBoxInterface.aspx?output=doc&id=20647&filesekv=85858&filename=Zinc_2015-06-01_English.pdf">Pure zink, Zinc_2015-06-01_English.pdf</a>
When I click this link, instead of showing the pdf file, the browser download it automatically.
So is there any way to open that PDF file using js?
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1Possible duplicate of [How to force files to open in browser instead of download (pdf)?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6293893/how-to-force-files-to-open-in-browser-instead-of-download-pdf) – Filnor Nov 10 '17 at 07:12
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Because the link downloads the PDF automatically, nothing you can do about that ... if you had a static PDF file then what you're doing would work and the PDF file would be automatically opened. If you add `target="_blank"` to your `` then it would also be opened in another window rather then in current one. – anteAdamovic Nov 10 '17 at 07:21
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thanks you all, i got it – An Vo Nov 13 '17 at 02:47
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You could force the display of the PDF by using a library like PDF.js.
Otherwise, the user's browser will decide to either download or display the PDF document (assuming you do not send a force-download header).
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Following Barmar's comment, you indeed need to remove the Content-disposition: attachment header to let the browser decide.
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1It looks like the server is sending `Content-disposition: attachment`, which forces a download. – Barmar Nov 10 '17 at 07:12
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