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Is there a convenient way to display/Download a PDF file that is returned from the controller, the Controller retrieves a complex model and i am therefore using an Ajax call in order to call the ActionResult , the result received from the ActionResult is returned in the following format :

"%PDF-1.3 1 0 obj [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] endobj 6 0 obj ....EOF"

Is there a way to assign this to a button to download , it is preferable that no Controller changes are required due to deployment issues with a client

i have tried to use a blob , however opening that blob returns a completely blank PDF 

$.ajax({
  type: "POST",
  url: "Reporting/RenderRemoteReport",
  data: { reportSetup: reportSetup },
  success: function(response, status, xhr) {
    debugger;
    var type = xhr.getResponseHeader('Content-Type');
    var blob = new Blob([response], { type: type });
      var URL = window.URL || window.webkitURL;
      var downloadUrl = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
      $("#DLButton").attr("href",downloadUrl);

  }
});
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If you are getting the blog data well then follow this might be helpful.

How to convert Blob to File in JavaScript

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