Is it possible to change HTTP-header of a pdf document, you want to embed in a or ?</a></h1> </div> <div class="grid fw-wrap pb8 mb16 bb bc-black-075"> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8" title="2016-01-12 19:07:53Z"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Asked</span> <time itemprop="dateCreated" datetime="2021-09-28T20:47:21.833" class="fromnow">Sep 28 '21 at 20:47</time> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Active</span> <time class="fromnow" title="2021-09-28T22:24:22.480" datetime="2021-09-28T22:24:22.480">Sep 28 '21 at 22:24</a> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mb8" title="Viewed 617 times"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Viewed</span> 617 times </div> </div> <div id="mainbar" role="main" aria-label="questions and answers"> <div id="question" class="question" data-questionid="69368295" data-ownerid="329000" data-score="1"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="69368295"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="1">1</div> <button class="js-bookmark-btn s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer py4"> <svg aria-hidden="true" class="svg-icon iconBookmark" width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><path d="M6 1a2 2 0 00-2 2v14l5-4 5 4V3a2 2 0 00-2-2H6zm3.9 3.83h2.9l-2.35 1.7.9 2.77L9 7.59l-2.35 1.7.9-2.76-2.35-1.7h2.9L9 2.06l.9 2.77z"></path></svg> <div class="js-bookmark-count mt4" data-value=""></div> </button> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>Refering to my other question: <a href="../../questions/69360750/why-does-pdf-document-download-instead-of-showing-in-a-embed-iframe">Why does pdf document download instead of showing in a embed/iframe?</a></p> <p>When i embed a pdf document like the below examples, it downloads the documents instead of showing it embedded in the website.</p> <pre class="lang-html prettyprint-override"><code><embed id="showPdfDocument" src="http://example.com:8080/client/attachment/filename.pdf" type="application/pdf" width="400" height="400"> </code></pre> <p>or</p> <pre class="lang-html prettyprint-override"><code><iframe id="showPdfDocument" src="http://example.com:8080/client/attachment/filename.pdf" style="width:400px;height:400px;"></iframe> </code></pre> <br/> <p><strong>My assumptions:</strong><br/></p> <ul> <li>I guess i have to change the HTTP-Header of the pdf document?<br/></li> <li>I also guess that the problem is with the field "Content-Disposition: attachment", as shown in the screenshot below<br/><br/></li> </ul> <p><strong>My question:</strong><br/></p> <ul> <li>How can i change the HTTP-Header of the pdf document, using html/javascript only? (Greasemonkey for example) <br/><br/></li> </ul> <p><strong>Screenshot of the HTTP-Header of the pdf document:<br/></strong> ("Chrome Dev-Tools(F12)" -> Network Tab, select the pdf document and check the response headers)</p> <p><a class="external-link" href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/LbfJS.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img alt="enter image description here" src="../../images/3826453643.webp"/></a></p></div> <div class="mt24 mb12"> <div class="post-taglist grid gs4 gsy fd-column"> <div class="grid ps-relative"> <a href="../../questions/tagged/javascript" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'javascript'" rel="tag">javascript</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/html" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'html'" rel="tag">html</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/http-headers" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'http-headers'" rel="tag">http-headers</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/content-disposition" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'content-disposition'" rel="tag">content-disposition</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb0"> <div class="mt16 grid gs8 gsy fw-wrap jc-end ai-start pt4 mb16"> <div class="grid--cell mr16 fl1 w96"></div> <div class="post-signature owner grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="asked Sep 28 '21 at 20:47">asked Sep 28 '21 at 20:47</time> <a href="../../users/329000/patchie" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/329000.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="patchie" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/329000/patchie" class="s-user-card--link">patchie</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">615</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blinggold" title="1 gold badge">1</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="9 silver badge">9</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingbronze" title="21 bronze badge">21</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-layout--right js-post-comments-component"> </div> </div> </div> <div id="answers"> <a name="tab-top"></a> <div id="answers-header"> <div class="answers-subheader grid ai-center mb8"> <div class="grid--cell fl1"> <h2 class="mb0" data-answercount="9">1 Answers<span style="display:none;" itemprop="answerCount">1</span></h2> </div> </div> </div> <a name="69369071"></a> <div id="answer-69369071" class="answer accepted-answer" data-answerid="69369071" data-ownerid="3826413" data-score="1" itemprop="acceptedAnswer" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Answer"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="69369071"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="1">1</div> <div class="js-accepted-answer-indicator grid--cell fc-green-500 py6 mtn8"><div class="ta-center"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="svg-icon iconCheckmarkLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="m6 14 8 8L30 6v8L14 30l-8-8v-8z"></path></svg></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>The content-disposition header triggers the save dialog. If you want to avoid it without server-side changes, try loading it via XHR and encode it as "data:" link.</p></div> <div class="mb0"> <div class="mt16 grid gs8 gsy fw-wrap jc-end ai-start pt4 mb16"> <div class="grid--cell mr16 fl1 w96"></div> <div class="post-signature grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="answered Sep 28 '21 at 22:24">answered Sep 28 '21 at 22:24</time> <a href="../../users/3826413/joerg" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/3826413.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="joerg" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/3826413/joerg" class="s-user-card--link">joerg</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">114</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-bling__bronze" title="4 bronze badges">4</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-layout--right js-post-comments-component"> <div id="comments-69369071" class="comments js-comments-container bt bc-black-075 mt12 " data-post-id="69369071" data-min-length="15"> <ul class="comments-list js-comments-list" data-remaining-comments-count="0" data-canpost="false" data-cansee="true" data-comments-unavailable="false" data-addlink-disabled="true"> <li id="comment-122646810" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="122646810" data-comment-owner-id="329000" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment122646810_69369071"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">I used AJAX to download pdf, and converted to base 64, and used jquery to insert the base into an <embed>. Worked perfect. Used this as explanation on how to find out how it worked: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37787318/ajax-call-to-return-pdf-file-as-base64-string</embed></span> – <a href="../../users/329000/patchie" title="615 reputation" class="comment-user owner">patchie</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/69368295/is-it-possible-to-change-http-header-of-a-pdf-document-you-want-to-embed-in-a-#comment122646810_69369071"><span title="2021-09-30T10:26:25.467 License: CC BY-SA 4.0" class="relativetime-clean">Sep 30 '21 at 10:26</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script src="../../static/js/stack-icons.js"></script> <script src="../../static/js/fromnow.js"></script> </body> </html>