I am currently working in angular 6. i have to download pdf file from bytearray. when i tried to download an pdf file. it downloads but when i open it. it shows error. please help me with it.
In the download.component.ts i am getting response as two values. first pdfname, second pdfbytearray. i am getting those values from component response.
sample response:
{
pdfName: "test.pdf",
pdfByteArray: "JVBERi0xLjQKJeLjz9MKMSAwIG9iago8PC9Qcm9kdWNlcij"
}
download.service.ts:
generatePdf(id) {
const httpOptions = {
'responseType': 'arraybuffer' as 'json'
};
return this.http.post<any>(URL.BASE_URL + 'application/generate?id='+ id,
{ httpOptions },
);
}
download.component.ts:
import { saveAs } from 'file-saver/FileSaver';
generatePdf() {
this.downloadApiService.generatePdf('4')
.subscribe( pdf => {
console.log('pdf response: ', pdf);
var mediaType = 'application/pdf';
var blob = new Blob([pdf.pdfByteArray], {type: mediaType});
let fileName = pdf.pdfName;
saveAs(blob, fileName);
}, err => {
console.log('Pdf generated err: ', JSON.stringify(err));
});
}