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I have a Struts2 action in the server side for file downloading.
<action name="download" class="com.xxx.DownAction">
<result name="success" type="stream">
<param name="contentType">text/plain</param>
<param name="inputName">imageStream</param>
<param name="contentDisposition">attachment;filename={fileName}</param>
<param name="bufferSize">1024</param>
</result>
</action>
However when I call the action using the jQuery:
$.post(
"/download.action",{
para1:value1,
para2:value2
....
},function(data){
console.info(data);
}
);
in Firebug I see the data is retrieved with the Binary stream. I wonder how to open the file downloading window with which the user can save the file locally?
2019 modern browsers update
This is the approach I'd now recommend with a few caveats:
A relatively modern browser is required
If the file is expected to be very large you should likely do something similar to the original approach (iframe and cookie) because some of the below operations could likely consume system memory at least as large as the file being downloaded and/or other interesting CPU side effects.
fetch('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1')
.then(resp => resp.blob())
.then(blob => {
const url = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
const a = document.createElement('a');
a.style.display = 'none';
a.href = url;
// the filename you want
a.download = 'todo-1.json';
document.body.appendChild(a);
a.click();
window.URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
alert('your file has downloaded!'); // or you know, something with better UX...
})
.catch(() => alert('oh no!'));
2012 Original jQuery/iframe/Cookie based approach
Bluish is completely right about this, you can't do it through Ajax because JavaScript cannot save files directly to a user's computer (out of security concerns). Unfortunately pointing the main window's URL at your file download means you have little control over what the user experience is when a file download occurs.
I created jQuery File Download which allows for an "Ajax like" experience with file downloads complete with OnSuccess and OnFailure callbacks to provide for a better user experience. Take a look at my blog post on the common problem that the plugin solves and some ways to use it and also a demo of jQuery File Download in action. Here is the source
Here is a simple use case demo using the plugin source with promises. The demo page includes many other, 'better UX' examples as well.
$.fileDownload('some/file.pdf')
.done(function () { alert('File download a success!'); })
.fail(function () { alert('File download failed!'); });
Depending on what browsers you need to support you may be able to use https://github.com/eligrey/FileSaver.js/ which allows more explicit control than the IFRAME method jQuery File Download uses.
Noone posted this #Pekka's solution... so I'll post it. It can help someone.
You don't need to do this through Ajax. Just use
window.location="download.action?para1=value1...."
You can with HTML5
NB: The file data returned MUST be base64 encoded because you cannot JSON encode binary data
In my AJAX response I have a data structure that looks like this:
{
result: 'OK',
download: {
mimetype: string(mimetype in the form 'major/minor'),
filename: string(the name of the file to download),
data: base64(the binary data as base64 to download)
}
}
That means that I can do the following to save a file via AJAX
var a = document.createElement('a');
if (window.URL && window.Blob && ('download' in a) && window.atob) {
// Do it the HTML5 compliant way
var blob = base64ToBlob(result.download.data, result.download.mimetype);
var url = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
a.href = url;
a.download = result.download.filename;
a.click();
window.URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
}
The function base64ToBlob was taken from here and must be used in compliance with this function
function base64ToBlob(base64, mimetype, slicesize) {
if (!window.atob || !window.Uint8Array) {
// The current browser doesn't have the atob function. Cannot continue
return null;
}
mimetype = mimetype || '';
slicesize = slicesize || 512;
var bytechars = atob(base64);
var bytearrays = [];
for (var offset = 0; offset < bytechars.length; offset += slicesize) {
var slice = bytechars.slice(offset, offset + slicesize);
var bytenums = new Array(slice.length);
for (var i = 0; i < slice.length; i++) {
bytenums[i] = slice.charCodeAt(i);
}
var bytearray = new Uint8Array(bytenums);
bytearrays[bytearrays.length] = bytearray;
}
return new Blob(bytearrays, {type: mimetype});
};
This is good if your server is dumping filedata to be saved. However, I've not quite worked out how one would implement a HTML4 fallback
The simple way to make the browser downloads a file is to make the request like that:
function downloadFile(urlToSend) {
var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.open("GET", urlToSend, true);
req.responseType = "blob";
req.onload = function (event) {
var blob = req.response;
var fileName = req.getResponseHeader("fileName") //if you have the fileName header available
var link=document.createElement('a');
link.href=window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
link.download=fileName;
link.click();
};
req.send();
}
This opens the browser download pop up.
1. Framework agnostic: Servlet downloading file as attachment
<!-- with JS -->
<a href="javascript:window.location='downloadServlet?param1=value1'">
download
</a>
<!-- without JS -->
<a href="downloadServlet?param1=value1" >download</a>
2. Struts2 Framework: Action downloading file as attachment
<!-- with JS -->
<a href="javascript:window.location='downloadAction.action?param1=value1'">
download
</a>
<!-- without JS -->
<a href="downloadAction.action?param1=value1" >download</a>
It would be better to use <s:a> tag pointing with OGNL to an URL created with <s:url> tag:
<!-- without JS, with Struts tags: THE RIGHT WAY -->
<s:url action="downloadAction.action" var="url">
<s:param name="param1">value1</s:param>
</s:ulr>
<s:a href="%{url}" >download</s:a>
In the above cases, you need to write the Content-Disposition header to the response, specifying that the file needs to be downloaded (attachment) and not opened by the browser (inline). You need to specify the Content Type too, and you may want to add the file name and length (to help the browser drawing a realistic progressbar).
For example, when downloading a ZIP:
response.setContentType("application/zip");
response.addHeader("Content-Disposition",
"attachment; filename=\"name of my file.zip\"");
response.setHeader("Content-Length", myFile.length()); // or myByte[].length...
With Struts2 (unless you are using the Action as a Servlet, an hack for direct streaming, for example), you don't need to directly write anything to the response; simply using the Stream result type and configuring it in struts.xml will work: EXAMPLE
<result name="success" type="stream">
<param name="contentType">application/zip</param>
<param name="contentDisposition">attachment;filename="${fileName}"</param>
<param name="contentLength">${fileLength}</param>
</result>
3. Framework agnostic (/ Struts2 framework): Servlet(/Action) opening file inside the browser
If you want to open the file inside the browser, instead of downloading it, the Content-disposition must be set to inline, but the target can't be the current window location; you must target a new window created by javascript, an <iframe> in the page, or a new window created on-the-fly with the "discussed" target="_blank":
<!-- From a parent page into an IFrame without javascript -->
<a href="downloadServlet?param1=value1" target="iFrameName">
download
</a>
<!-- In a new window without javascript -->
<a href="downloadServlet?param1=value1" target="_blank">
download
</a>
<!-- In a new window with javascript -->
<a href="javascript:window.open('downloadServlet?param1=value1');" >
download
</a>
I have created little function as workaround solution (inspired by #JohnCulviner plugin):
// creates iframe and form in it with hidden field,
// then submit form with provided data
// url - form url
// data - data to form field
// input_name - form hidden input name
function ajax_download(url, data, input_name) {
var $iframe,
iframe_doc,
iframe_html;
if (($iframe = $('#download_iframe')).length === 0) {
$iframe = $("<iframe id='download_iframe'" +
" style='display: none' src='about:blank'></iframe>"
).appendTo("body");
}
iframe_doc = $iframe[0].contentWindow || $iframe[0].contentDocument;
if (iframe_doc.document) {
iframe_doc = iframe_doc.document;
}
iframe_html = "<html><head></head><body><form method='POST' action='" +
url +"'>" +
"<input type=hidden name='" + input_name + "' value='" +
JSON.stringify(data) +"'/></form>" +
"</body></html>";
iframe_doc.open();
iframe_doc.write(iframe_html);
$(iframe_doc).find('form').submit();
}
Demo with click event:
$('#someid').on('click', function() {
ajax_download('/download.action', {'para1': 1, 'para2': 2}, 'dataname');
});
I faced the same issue and successfully solved it. My use-case is this.
"Post JSON data to the server and receive an excel file.
That excel file is created by the server and returned as a response to the client. Download that response as a file with custom name in browser"
$("#my-button").on("click", function(){
// Data to post
data = {
ids: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
};
// Use XMLHttpRequest instead of Jquery $ajax
xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
var a;
if (xhttp.readyState === 4 && xhttp.status === 200) {
// Trick for making downloadable link
a = document.createElement('a');
a.href = window.URL.createObjectURL(xhttp.response);
// Give filename you wish to download
a.download = "test-file.xls";
a.style.display = 'none';
document.body.appendChild(a);
a.click();
}
};
// Post data to URL which handles post request
xhttp.open("POST", excelDownloadUrl);
xhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
// You should set responseType as blob for binary responses
xhttp.responseType = 'blob';
xhttp.send(JSON.stringify(data));
});
The above snippet is just doing following
Posting an array as JSON to the server using XMLHttpRequest.
After fetching content as a blob(binary), we are creating a downloadable URL and attaching it to invisible "a" link then clicking it. I did a POST request here. Instead, you can go for a simple GET too. We cannot download the file through Ajax, must use XMLHttpRequest.
Here we need to carefully set few things on the server side. I set few headers in Python Django HttpResponse. You need to set them accordingly if you use other programming languages.
# In python django code
response = HttpResponse(file_content, content_type="application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet")
Since I download xls(excel) here, I adjusted contentType to above one. You need to set it according to your file type. You can use this technique to download any kind of files.
Ok, based on ndpu's code heres an improved (I think) version of ajax_download;-
function ajax_download(url, data) {
var $iframe,
iframe_doc,
iframe_html;
if (($iframe = $('#download_iframe')).length === 0) {
$iframe = $("<iframe id='download_iframe'" +
" style='display: none' src='about:blank'></iframe>"
).appendTo("body");
}
iframe_doc = $iframe[0].contentWindow || $iframe[0].contentDocument;
if (iframe_doc.document) {
iframe_doc = iframe_doc.document;
}
iframe_html = "<html><head></head><body><form method='POST' action='" +
url +"'>"
Object.keys(data).forEach(function(key){
iframe_html += "<input type='hidden' name='"+key+"' value='"+data[key]+"'>";
});
iframe_html +="</form></body></html>";
iframe_doc.open();
iframe_doc.write(iframe_html);
$(iframe_doc).find('form').submit();
}
Use this like this;-
$('#someid').on('click', function() {
ajax_download('/download.action', {'para1': 1, 'para2': 2});
});
The params are sent as proper post params as if coming from an input rather than as a json encoded string as per the previous example.
CAVEAT: Be wary about the potential for variable injection on those forms. There might be a safer way to encode those variables. Alternatively contemplate escaping them.
My approach is completly based on jQuery. The problem for me was that it has to be a POST-HTTP call. And I wanted it to be done by jQuery alone.
The solution:
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "/some/webpage",
headers: {'X-CSRF-TOKEN': csrfToken},
data: additionalDataToSend,
dataType: "text",
success: function(result) {
let blob = new Blob([result], { type: "application/octetstream" });
let a = document.createElement('a');
a.href = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
a.download = "test.xml";;
document.body.appendChild(a);
a.click();
document.body.removeChild(a);
window.URL.revokeObjectURL(a.href);
...
},
error: errorDialog
});
Explanation:
What I and many others do is to create a link on the webpage, indicating that the target should be downloaded and putting the result of the http-request as the target. After that I append the link to the document than simply clicking the link and removing the link afterwards. You don't need an iframe anymore.
The magic lies in the lines
let blob = new Blob([result], { type: "application/octetstream" });
a.href = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
The interesting point is that this solution is only working with a "blob". As you can see in other answers, some are simply using a blob but not explaining why and how to create it.
As you can read e.g. in the Mozilla developer documentation you need a file, media ressource or blob for the function "createObjectURL()" to work. The problem is that your http-response might not be any of those.
Therefore the first thing you must do is to convert your response to a blob. This is what the first line does. Then you can use the "createObjectURL" with your newly created blob.
If you than click the link your browser will open a file-save dialog and you can save your data. Obviously it s possible that you cannot define a fixed filename for your file to download. Then you must make your response more complex like in the answer from Luke.
And don't forget to free up the memory especially when you are working with large files. For more examples and information you can look at the details of the JS blob object
Here is what I did, pure javascript and html. Did not test it but this should work in all browsers.
Javascript Function
var iframe = document.createElement('iframe');
iframe.id = "IFRAMEID";
iframe.style.display = 'none';
document.body.appendChild(iframe);
iframe.src = 'SERVERURL'+'?' + $.param($scope.filtro);
iframe.addEventListener("load", function () {
console.log("FILE LOAD DONE.. Download should start now");
});
Using just components that is supported in all browsers no additional
libraries.
Here is my server side JAVA Spring controller code.
#RequestMapping(value = "/rootto/my/xlsx", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public void downloadExcelFile(#RequestParam(value = "param1", required = false) String param1,
HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws ParseException {
Workbook wb = service.getWorkbook(param1);
if (wb != null) {
try {
String fileName = "myfile_" + sdf.format(new Date());
response.setContentType("application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet");
response.setHeader("Content-disposition", "attachment; filename=\"" + fileName + ".xlsx\"");
wb.write(response.getOutputStream());
response.getOutputStream().close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
How to DOWNLOAD a file after receiving it by AJAX
It’s convenient when the file is created for a long time and you need to show PRELOADER
Example when submitting a web form:
<script>
$(function () {
$('form').submit(function () {
$('#loader').show();
$.ajax({
url: $(this).attr('action'),
data: $(this).serialize(),
dataType: 'binary',
xhrFields: {
'responseType': 'blob'
},
success: function(data, status, xhr) {
$('#loader').hide();
// if(data.type.indexOf('text/html') != -1){//If instead of a file you get an error page
// var reader = new FileReader();
// reader.readAsText(data);
// reader.onload = function() {alert(reader.result);};
// return;
// }
var link = document.createElement('a'),
filename = 'file.xlsx';
// if(xhr.getResponseHeader('Content-Disposition')){//filename
// filename = xhr.getResponseHeader('Content-Disposition');
// filename=filename.match(/filename="(.*?)"/)[1];
// filename=decodeURIComponent(escape(filename));
// }
link.href = URL.createObjectURL(data);
link.download = filename;
link.click();
}
});
return false;
});
});
</script>
Optional functional is commented out to simplify the example.
No need to create temporary files on the server.
On jQuery v2.2.4 OK. There will be an error on the old version:
Uncaught DOMException: Failed to read the 'responseText' property from 'XMLHttpRequest': The value is only accessible if the object's 'responseType' is '' or 'text' (was 'blob').
function downloadURI(uri, name)
{
var link = document.createElement("a");
link.download = name;
link.href = uri;
link.click();
}
I try to download a CSV file and then do something after download has finished. So I need to implement an appropriate callback function.
Using window.location="..." is not a good idea because I cannot operate the program after finishing download. Something like this, change header so it is not a good idea.
fetch is a good alternative however it cannot support IE 11. And window.URL.createObjectURL cannot support IE 11.You can refer this.
This is my code, it is similar to the code of Shahrukh Alam. But you should take care that window.URL.createObjectURL maybe create memory leaks. You can refer this. When response has arrived, data will be stored into memory of browser. So before you click a link, the file has been downloaded. It means that you can do anything after download.
$.ajax({
url: 'your download url',
type: 'GET',
}).done(function (data, textStatus, request) {
// csv => Blob
var blob = new Blob([data]);
// the file name from server.
var fileName = request.getResponseHeader('fileName');
if (window.navigator && window.navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob) { // for IE
window.navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob(blob, fileName);
} else { // for others
var url = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
const a = document.createElement('a');
a.style.display = 'none';
a.href = url;
a.download = fileName;
document.body.appendChild(a);
a.click();
window.URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
//Do something after download
...
}
}).then(after_download)
}
Adding some more things to above answer for downloading a file
Below is some java spring code which generates byte Array
#RequestMapping(value = "/downloadReport", method = { RequestMethod.POST })
public ResponseEntity<byte[]> downloadReport(
#RequestBody final SomeObejct obj, HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception {
OutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
// write something to output stream
HttpHeaders respHeaders = new HttpHeaders();
respHeaders.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM);
respHeaders.add("X-File-Name", name);
ByteArrayOutputStream bos = (ByteArrayOutputStream) out;
return new ResponseEntity<byte[]>(bos.toByteArray(), respHeaders, HttpStatus.CREATED);
}
Now in javascript code using FileSaver.js ,can download a file with below code
var json=angular.toJson("somejsobject");
var url=apiEndPoint+'some url';
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
//headers('X-File-Name')
xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 201) {
var res = this.response;
var fileName=this.getResponseHeader('X-File-Name');
var data = new Blob([res]);
saveAs(data, fileName); //this from FileSaver.js
}
}
xhr.open('POST', url);
xhr.setRequestHeader('Authorization','Bearer ' + token);
xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json');
xhr.responseType = 'arraybuffer';
xhr.send(json);
The above will download file
In Rails, I do it this way:
function download_file(file_id) {
let url = '/files/' + file_id + '/download_file';
$.ajax({
type: 'GET',
url: url,
processData: false,
success: function (data) {
window.location = url;
},
error: function (xhr) {
console.log(' Error: >>>> ' + JSON.stringify(xhr));
}
});
}
The trick is the window.location part. The controller's method looks like:
# GET /files/{:id}/download_file/
def download_file
send_file(#file.file,
:disposition => 'attachment',
:url_based_filename => false)
end
Use window.open https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/open
For example, you can put this line of code in a click handler:
window.open('/file.txt', '_blank');
It will open a new tab (because of the '_blank' window-name) and that tab will open the URL.
Your server-side code should also have something like this:
res.set('Content-Disposition', 'attachment; filename=file.txt');
And that way, the browser should prompt the user to save the file to disk, instead of just showing them the file. It will also automatically close the tab that it just opened.
The HTML Code :
<button type="button" id="GetFile">Get File!</button>
The jQuery Code :
$('#GetFile').on('click', function () {
$.ajax({
url: 'https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/172905/test.pdf',
method: 'GET',
xhrFields: {
responseType: 'blob'
},
success: function (data) {
var a = document.createElement('a');
var url = window.URL.createObjectURL(data);
a.href = url;
a.download = 'myfile.pdf';
document.body.append(a);
a.click();
a.remove();
window.URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
}
});
});
Ok so here is the working code when Using MVC and you are getting your file from a controller
lets say you have your byte array declare and populate, the only thing you need to do is to use the File function (using System.Web.Mvc)
byte[] bytes = .... insert your bytes in the array
return File(bytes, System.Net.Mime.MediaTypeNames.Application.Octet, "nameoffile.exe");
and then, in the same controller, add thoses 2 functions
protected override void OnResultExecuting(ResultExecutingContext context)
{
CheckAndHandleFileResult(context);
base.OnResultExecuting(context);
}
private const string FILE_DOWNLOAD_COOKIE_NAME = "fileDownload";
/// <summary>
/// If the current response is a FileResult (an MVC base class for files) then write a
/// cookie to inform jquery.fileDownload that a successful file download has occured
/// </summary>
/// <param name="context"></param>
private void CheckAndHandleFileResult(ResultExecutingContext context)
{
if (context.Result is FileResult)
//jquery.fileDownload uses this cookie to determine that a file download has completed successfully
Response.SetCookie(new HttpCookie(FILE_DOWNLOAD_COOKIE_NAME, "true") { Path = "/" });
else
//ensure that the cookie is removed in case someone did a file download without using jquery.fileDownload
if (Request.Cookies[FILE_DOWNLOAD_COOKIE_NAME] != null)
Response.Cookies[FILE_DOWNLOAD_COOKIE_NAME].Expires = DateTime.Now.AddYears(-1);
}
and then you will be able to call your controller to download and get the "success" or "failure" callback
$.fileDownload(mvcUrl('name of the controller'), {
httpMethod: 'POST',
successCallback: function (url) {
//insert success code
},
failCallback: function (html, url) {
//insert fail code
}
});
I found a fix that while it's not actually using ajax it does allow you to use a javascript call to request the download and then get a callback when the download actually starts. I found this helpful if the link runs a server side script that takes a little bit to compose the file before sending it. so you can alert them that it's processing, and then when it does finally send the file remove that processing notification. which is why I wanted to try to load the file via ajax to begin with so that I could have an event happen when the file is requested and another when it actually starts downloading.
the js on the front page
function expdone()
{
document.getElementById('exportdiv').style.display='none';
}
function expgo()
{
document.getElementById('exportdiv').style.display='block';
document.getElementById('exportif').src='test2.php?arguments=data';
}
the iframe
<div id="exportdiv" style="display:none;">
<img src="loader.gif"><br><h1>Generating Report</h1>
<iframe id="exportif" src="" style="width: 1px;height: 1px; border:0px;"></iframe>
</div>
then the other file:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script>
function expdone()
{
window.parent.expdone();
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<iframe id="exportif" src="<?php echo "http://10.192.37.211/npdtracker/exportthismonth.php?arguments=".$_GET["arguments"]; ?>"></iframe>
<script>document.getElementById('exportif').onload= expdone;</script>
</body></html>
I think there's a way to read get data using js so then no php would be needed. but I don't know it off hand and the server I'm using supports php so this works for me. thought I'd share it in case it helps anyone.
If the server is writing the file back in the response (including cookies if
you use them to determine whether the file download started), Simply create a form with the values and submit it:
function ajaxPostDownload(url, data) {
var $form;
if (($form = $('#download_form')).length === 0) {
$form = $("<form id='download_form'" + " style='display: none; width: 1px; height: 1px; position: absolute; top: -10000px' method='POST' action='" + url + "'></form>");
$form.appendTo("body");
}
//Clear the form fields
$form.html("");
//Create new form fields
Object.keys(data).forEach(function (key) {
$form.append("<input type='hidden' name='" + key + "' value='" + data[key] + "'>");
});
//Submit the form post
$form.submit();
}
Usage:
ajaxPostDownload('/fileController/ExportFile', {
DownloadToken: 'newDownloadToken',
Name: $txtName.val(),
Type: $txtType.val()
});
Controller Method:
[HttpPost]
public FileResult ExportFile(string DownloadToken, string Name, string Type)
{
//Set DownloadToken Cookie.
Response.SetCookie(new HttpCookie("downloadToken", DownloadToken)
{
Expires = DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(1),
Secure = false
});
using (var output = new MemoryStream())
{
//get File
return File(output.ToArray(), "application/vnd.ms-excel", "NewFile.xls");
}
}
I have tried Ajax and HttpRequest ways to get my result download file but I've failed, finally I've solved my problem using these steps:
implemented a simple hidden form in my html code:
<form method="post" id="post_form" style="display:none" action="amin.php" >
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="export_xlsx" />
<input type="hidden" name="post_form_data" value="" />
</form>
input with 'action' name is for calling function in my php code,
input with 'post_form_data' name for sending long data of a table which were not possible to send with GET. this data was encoded to json, and put json in input:
var list = new Array();
$('#table_name tr').each(function() {
var row = new Array();
$(this).find('td').each(function() {
row.push($(this).text());
});
list.push(row);
});
list = JSON.stringify(list);
$("input[name=post_form_data]").val(list);
now, the form is ready with my desire values in inputs, just need to trigger the submit.
document.getElementById('post_form').submit();
and done!
while my result is a file (xlsx file for me) the page wouldn't be redirected and instantly the file starts to download in last page, so no need to useiframe or window.open etc.
if you are trying to do something like this, this should be an easy trick 😉.
If you want to use jQuery File Download , please note this for IE.
You need to reset the response or it will not download
//The IE will only work if you reset response
getServletResponse().reset();
//The jquery.fileDownload needs a cookie be set
getServletResponse().setHeader("Set-Cookie", "fileDownload=true; path=/");
//Do the reset of your action create InputStream and return
Your action can implement ServletResponseAware to access getServletResponse()
It is certain that you can not do it through Ajax call.
However, there is a workaround.
Steps :
If you are using form.submit() for downloading the file, what you can do is :
Create an ajax call from client to server and store the file stream inside the session.
Upon "success" being returned from server, call your form.submit() to just stream the file stream stored in the session.
This is helpful in case when you want to decide whether or not file needs to be downloaded after making form.submit(), eg: there can be a case where on form.submit(), an exception occurs on the server side and instead of crashing, you might need to show a custom message on the client side, in such case this implementation might help.
there is another solution to download a web page in ajax. But I am referring to a page that must first be processed and then downloaded.
First you need to separate the page processing from the results download.
1) Only the page calculations are made in the ajax call.
$.post("CalculusPage.php", { calculusFunction: true, ID: 29, data1: "a", data2: "b" },
function(data, status)
{
if (status == "success")
{
/* 2) In the answer the page that uses the previous calculations is downloaded. For example, this can be a page that prints the results of a table calculated in the ajax call. */
window.location.href = DownloadPage.php+"?ID="+29;
}
}
);
// For example: in the CalculusPage.php
if ( !empty($_POST["calculusFunction"]) )
{
$ID = $_POST["ID"];
$query = "INSERT INTO ExamplePage (data1, data2) VALUES ('".$_POST["data1"]."', '".$_POST["data2"]."') WHERE id = ".$ID;
...
}
// For example: in the DownloadPage.php
$ID = $_GET["ID"];
$sede = "SELECT * FROM ExamplePage WHERE id = ".$ID;
...
$filename="Export_Data.xls";
header("Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel");
header("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=$filename");
...
I hope this solution can be useful for many, as it was for me.
That's it works so fine in any browser (I'm using asp.net core)
function onDownload() {
const api = '#Url.Action("myaction", "mycontroller")';
var form = new FormData(document.getElementById('form1'));
fetch(api, { body: form, method: "POST"})
.then(resp => resp.blob())
.then(blob => {
const url = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
$('#linkdownload').attr('download', 'Attachement.zip');
$('#linkdownload').attr("href", url);
$('#linkdownload')
.fadeIn(3000,
function() { });
})
.catch(() => alert('An error occurred'));
}
<button type="button" onclick="onDownload()" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">Click to Process Files</button>
<a role="button" href="#" style="display: none" class="btn btn-sm btn-secondary" id="linkdownload">Click to download Attachments</a>
<form asp-controller="mycontroller" asp-action="myaction" id="form1"></form>
function onDownload() {
const api = '#Url.Action("myaction", "mycontroller")';
//form1 is your id form, and to get data content of form
var form = new FormData(document.getElementById('form1'));
fetch(api, { body: form, method: "POST"})
.then(resp => resp.blob())
.then(blob => {
const url = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
$('#linkdownload').attr('download', 'Attachments.zip');
$('#linkdownload').attr("href", url);
$('#linkdownload')
.fadeIn(3000,
function() {
});
})
.catch(() => alert('An error occurred'));
}
I struggled with this issue for a long time. Finally an elegant external library suggested here helped me out.
I have a jquery-based single-page webapp. It communicates with a RESTful web service via AJAX calls.
I'm trying to accomplish the following:
Submit a POST that contains JSON data to a REST url.
If the request specifies a JSON response, then JSON is returned.
If the request specifies a PDF/XLS/etc response, then a downloadable binary is returned.
I have 1 & 2 working now, and the client jquery app displays the returned data in the web page by creating DOM elements based on the JSON data. I also have #3 working from the web-service point of view, meaning it will create and return a binary file if given the correct JSON parameters. But I'm unsure the best way to deal with #3 in the client javascript code.
Is it possible to get a downloadable file back from an ajax call like this? How do I get the browser to download and save the file?
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "/services/test",
contentType: "application/json",
data: JSON.stringify({category: 42, sort: 3, type: "pdf"}),
dataType: "json",
success: function(json, status){
if (status != "success") {
log("Error loading data");
return;
}
log("Data loaded!");
},
error: function(result, status, err) {
log("Error loading data");
return;
}
});
The server responds with the following headers:
Content-Disposition:attachment; filename=export-1282022272283.pdf
Content-Length:5120
Content-Type:application/pdf
Server:Jetty(6.1.11)
Another idea is to generate the PDF and store it on the server and return JSON that includes a URL to the file. Then, issue another call in the ajax success handler to do something like the following:
success: function(json,status) {
window.location.href = json.url;
}
But doing that means I would need to make more than one call to the server, and my server would need to build downloadable files, store them somewhere, then periodically clean up that storage area.
There must be a simpler way to accomplish this. Ideas?
EDIT: After reviewing the docs for $.ajax, I see that the response dataType can only be one of xml, html, script, json, jsonp, text, so I'm guessing there is no way to directly download a file using an ajax request, unless I embed the binary file in using Data URI scheme as suggested in the #VinayC answer (which is not something I want to do).
So I guess my options are:
Not use ajax and instead submit a form post and embed my JSON data into the form values. Would probably need to mess with hidden iframes and such.
Not use ajax and instead convert my JSON data into a query string to build a standard GET request and set window.location.href to this URL. May need to use event.preventDefault() in my click handler to keep browser from changing from the application URL.
Use my other idea above, but enhanced with suggestions from the #naikus answer. Submit AJAX request with some parameter that lets web-service know this is being called via an ajax call. If the web service is called from an ajax call, simply return JSON with a URL to the generated resource. If the resource is called directly, then return the actual binary file.
The more I think about it, the more I like the last option. This way I can get information back about the request (time to generate, size of file, error messages, etc.) and I can act on that information before starting the download. The downside is extra file management on the server.
Any other ways to accomplish this? Any pros/cons to these methods I should be aware of?
letronje's solution only works for very simple pages. document.body.innerHTML += takes the HTML text of the body, appends the iframe HTML, and sets the innerHTML of the page to that string. This will wipe out any event bindings your page has, amongst other things. Create an element and use appendChild instead.
$.post('/create_binary_file.php', postData, function(retData) {
var iframe = document.createElement("iframe");
iframe.setAttribute("src", retData.url);
iframe.setAttribute("style", "display: none");
document.body.appendChild(iframe);
});
Or using jQuery
$.post('/create_binary_file.php', postData, function(retData) {
$("body").append("<iframe src='" + retData.url+ "' style='display: none;' ></iframe>");
});
What this actually does: perform a post to /create_binary_file.php with the data in the variable postData; if that post completes successfully, add a new iframe to the body of the page. The assumption is that the response from /create_binary_file.php will include a value 'url', which is the URL that the generated PDF/XLS/etc file can be downloaded from. Adding an iframe to the page that references that URL will result in the browser promoting the user to download the file, assuming that the web server has the appropriate mime type configuration.
I've been playing around with another option that uses blobs. I've managed to get it to download text documents, and I've downloaded PDF's (However they are corrupted).
Using the blob API you will be able to do the following:
$.post(/*...*/,function (result)
{
var blob=new Blob([result]);
var link=document.createElement('a');
link.href=window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
link.download="myFileName.txt";
link.click();
});
This is IE 10+, Chrome 8+, FF 4+. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URL.createObjectURL
It will only download the file in Chrome, Firefox and Opera. This uses a download attribute on the anchor tag to force the browser to download it.
I know this kind of old, but I think I have come up with a more elegant solution. I had the exact same problem. The issue I was having with the solutions suggested were that they all required the file being saved on the server, but I did not want to save the files on the server, because it introduced other problems (security: the file could then be accessed by non-authenticated users, cleanup: how and when do you get rid of the files). And like you, my data was complex, nested JSON objects that would be hard to put into a form.
What I did was create two server functions. The first validated the data. If there was an error, it would be returned. If it was not an error, I returned all of the parameters serialized/encoded as a base64 string. Then, on the client, I have a form that has only one hidden input and posts to a second server function. I set the hidden input to the base64 string and submit the format. The second server function decodes/deserializes the parameters and generates the file. The form could submit to a new window or an iframe on the page and the file will open up.
There's a little bit more work involved, and perhaps a little bit more processing, but overall, I felt much better with this solution.
Code is in C#/MVC
public JsonResult Validate(int reportId, string format, ReportParamModel[] parameters)
{
// TODO: do validation
if (valid)
{
GenerateParams generateParams = new GenerateParams(reportId, format, parameters);
string data = new EntityBase64Converter<GenerateParams>().ToBase64(generateParams);
return Json(new { State = "Success", Data = data });
}
return Json(new { State = "Error", Data = "Error message" });
}
public ActionResult Generate(string data)
{
GenerateParams generateParams = new EntityBase64Converter<GenerateParams>().ToEntity(data);
// TODO: Generate file
return File(bytes, mimeType);
}
on the client
function generate(reportId, format, parameters)
{
var data = {
reportId: reportId,
format: format,
params: params
};
$.ajax(
{
url: "/Validate",
type: 'POST',
data: JSON.stringify(data),
dataType: 'json',
contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
success: generateComplete
});
}
function generateComplete(result)
{
if (result.State == "Success")
{
// this could/should already be set in the HTML
formGenerate.action = "/Generate";
formGenerate.target = iframeFile;
hidData = result.Data;
formGenerate.submit();
}
else
// TODO: display error messages
}
There is a simplier way, create a form and post it, this runs the risk of resetting the page if the return mime type is something that a browser would open, but for csv and such it's perfect
Example requires underscore and jquery
var postData = {
filename:filename,
filecontent:filecontent
};
var fakeFormHtmlFragment = "<form style='display: none;' method='POST' action='"+SAVEAS_PHP_MODE_URL+"'>";
_.each(postData, function(postValue, postKey){
var escapedKey = postKey.replace("\\", "\\\\").replace("'", "\'");
var escapedValue = postValue.replace("\\", "\\\\").replace("'", "\'");
fakeFormHtmlFragment += "<input type='hidden' name='"+escapedKey+"' value='"+escapedValue+"'>";
});
fakeFormHtmlFragment += "</form>";
$fakeFormDom = $(fakeFormHtmlFragment);
$("body").append($fakeFormDom);
$fakeFormDom.submit();
For things like html, text and such, make sure the mimetype is some thing like application/octet-stream
php code
<?php
/**
* get HTTP POST variable which is a string ?foo=bar
* #param string $param
* #param bool $required
* #return string
*/
function getHTTPPostString ($param, $required = false) {
if(!isset($_POST[$param])) {
if($required) {
echo "required POST param '$param' missing";
exit 1;
} else {
return "";
}
}
return trim($_POST[$param]);
}
$filename = getHTTPPostString("filename", true);
$filecontent = getHTTPPostString("filecontent", true);
header("Content-type: application/octet-stream");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"$filename\"");
echo $filecontent;
It is been a while since this question was asked but I had the same challenge and want to share my solution. It uses elements from the other answers but I wasn't able to find it in its entirety. It doesn't use a form or an iframe but it does require a post/get request pair. Instead of saving the file between the requests, it saves the post data. It seems to be both simple and effective.
client
var apples = new Array();
// construct data - replace with your own
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: '/Home/Download',
data: JSON.stringify(apples),
contentType: "application/json",
dataType: "text",
success: function (data) {
var url = '/Home/Download?id=' + data;
window.location = url;
});
});
server
[HttpPost]
// called first
public ActionResult Download(Apple[] apples)
{
string json = new JavaScriptSerializer().Serialize(apples);
string id = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
string path = Server.MapPath(string.Format("~/temp/{0}.json", id));
System.IO.File.WriteAllText(path, json);
return Content(id);
}
// called next
public ActionResult Download(string id)
{
string path = Server.MapPath(string.Format("~/temp/{0}.json", id));
string json = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(path);
System.IO.File.Delete(path);
Apple[] apples = new JavaScriptSerializer().Deserialize<Apple[]>(json);
// work with apples to build your file in memory
byte[] file = createPdf(apples);
Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=juicy.pdf");
return File(file, "application/pdf");
}
In short, there is no simpler way. You need to make another server request to show PDF file. Al though, there are few alternatives but they are not perfect and won't work on all browsers:
Look at data URI scheme. If binary data is small then you can perhaps use javascript to open window passing data in URI.
Windows/IE only solution would be to have .NET control or FileSystemObject to save the data on local file system and open it from there.
Not entirely an answer to the original post, but a quick and dirty solution for posting a json-object to the server and dynamically generating a download.
Client side jQuery:
var download = function(resource, payload) {
$("#downloadFormPoster").remove();
$("<div id='downloadFormPoster' style='display: none;'><iframe name='downloadFormPosterIframe'></iframe></div>").appendTo('body');
$("<form action='" + resource + "' target='downloadFormPosterIframe' method='post'>" +
"<input type='hidden' name='jsonstring' value='" + JSON.stringify(payload) + "'/>" +
"</form>")
.appendTo("#downloadFormPoster")
.submit();
}
..and then decoding the json-string at the serverside and setting headers for download (PHP example):
$request = json_decode($_POST['jsonstring']), true);
header('Content-Type: application/csv');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=export.csv');
header('Pragma: no-cache');
$scope.downloadSearchAsCSV = function(httpOptions) {
var httpOptions = _.extend({
method: 'POST',
url: '',
data: null
}, httpOptions);
$http(httpOptions).then(function(response) {
if( response.status >= 400 ) {
alert(response.status + " - Server Error \nUnable to download CSV from POST\n" + JSON.stringify(httpOptions.data));
} else {
$scope.downloadResponseAsCSVFile(response)
}
})
};
/**
* #source: https://github.com/asafdav/ng-csv/blob/master/src/ng-csv/directives/ng-csv.js
* #param response
*/
$scope.downloadResponseAsCSVFile = function(response) {
var charset = "utf-8";
var filename = "search_results.csv";
var blob = new Blob([response.data], {
type: "text/csv;charset="+ charset + ";"
});
if (window.navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob) {
navigator.msSaveBlob(blob, filename); // #untested
} else {
var downloadContainer = angular.element('<div data-tap-disabled="true"><a></a></div>');
var downloadLink = angular.element(downloadContainer.children()[0]);
downloadLink.attr('href', window.URL.createObjectURL(blob));
downloadLink.attr('download', "search_results.csv");
downloadLink.attr('target', '_blank');
$document.find('body').append(downloadContainer);
$timeout(function() {
downloadLink[0].click();
downloadLink.remove();
}, null);
}
//// Gets blocked by Chrome popup-blocker
//var csv_window = window.open("","","");
//csv_window.document.write('<meta name="content-type" content="text/csv">');
//csv_window.document.write('<meta name="content-disposition" content="attachment; filename=data.csv"> ');
//csv_window.document.write(response.data);
};
I think the best approach is to use a combination, Your second approach seems to be an elegant solution where browsers are involved.
So depending on the how the call is made. (whether its a browser or a web service call) you can use a combination of the two, with sending a URL to the browser and sending raw data to any other web service client.
Found it somewhere long time ago and it works perfectly!
let payload = {
key: "val",
key2: "val2"
};
let url = "path/to/api.php";
let form = $('<form>', {'method': 'POST', 'action': url}).hide();
$.each(payload, (k, v) => form.append($('<input>', {'type': 'hidden', 'name': k, 'value': v})) );
$('body').append(form);
form.submit();
form.remove();
I have been awake for two days now trying to figure out how to download a file using jquery with ajax call. All the support i got could not help my situation until i try this.
Client Side
function exportStaffCSV(t) {
var postData = { checkOne: t };
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "/Admin/Staff/exportStaffAsCSV",
data: postData,
success: function (data) {
SuccessMessage("file download will start in few second..");
var url = '/Admin/Staff/DownloadCSV?data=' + data;
window.location = url;
},
traditional: true,
error: function (xhr, status, p3, p4) {
var err = "Error " + " " + status + " " + p3 + " " + p4;
if (xhr.responseText && xhr.responseText[0] == "{")
err = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText).Message;
ErrorMessage(err);
}
});
}
Server Side
[HttpPost]
public string exportStaffAsCSV(IEnumerable<string> checkOne)
{
StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
try
{
var data = _db.staffInfoes.Where(t => checkOne.Contains(t.staffID)).ToList();
sw.WriteLine("\"First Name\",\"Last Name\",\"Other Name\",\"Phone Number\",\"Email Address\",\"Contact Address\",\"Date of Joining\"");
foreach (var item in data)
{
sw.WriteLine(string.Format("\"{0}\",\"{1}\",\"{2}\",\"{3}\",\"{4}\",\"{5}\",\"{6}\"",
item.firstName,
item.lastName,
item.otherName,
item.phone,
item.email,
item.contact_Address,
item.doj
));
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
}
return sw.ToString();
}
//On ajax success request, it will be redirected to this method as a Get verb request with the returned date(string)
public FileContentResult DownloadCSV(string data)
{
return File(new System.Text.UTF8Encoding().GetBytes(data), System.Net.Mime.MediaTypeNames.Application.Octet, filename);
//this method will now return the file for download or open.
}
Good luck.
I liked Frank's idea and decided to do my own twist to it. As trying to do it in one post is very complicated, I'm using the two post method but only hitting the database once and no need to save the file or clean up file when completed.
First I run the ajax request to retrieve the data but instead of returning the data from the controller I will return a GUID that is tied to a TempData storage of the records.
$.get("RetrieveData", { name: "myParam"} , function(results){
window.location = "downloadFile?id=" + results
});
public string RetrieveData(string name)
{
var data = repository.GetData(name);
string id = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
var file = new KeyValuePair<string, MyDataModel>(name, data);
TempData[id]=file;
return id;
}
Then when I call the window.location I pass the Guid to the new method and get the data from TempData. After this method is executed TempData will be free.
public ActionResult DownloadFile(string id)
{
var file = (KeyValuePair<string,MyDataModel>)TempData[id];
var filename = file.Key;
var data = file.Value;
var byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(data);
...
return File(byteArray, "text/csv", "myFile.csv");
}
Another approach instead of saving the file on the server and retrieving it, is to use .NET 4.0+ ObjectCache with a short expiration until the second Action (at which time it can be definitively dumped). The reason that I want to use JQuery Ajax to do the call, is that it is asynchronous. Building my dynamic PDF file takes quite a bit of time, and I display a busy spinner dialog during that time (it also allows other work to be done). The approach of using the data returned in the "success:" to create a Blob does not work reliably. It depends on the content of the PDF file. It is easily corrupted by data in the response, if it is not completely textual which is all that Ajax can handle.
Solution
Content-Disposition attachment seems to work for me:
self.set_header("Content-Type", "application/json")
self.set_header("Content-Disposition", 'attachment; filename=learned_data.json')
Workaround
application/octet-stream
I had something similar happening to me with a JSON, for me on the server side I was setting the header to
self.set_header("Content-Type", "application/json")
however when i changed it to:
self.set_header("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream")
It automatically downloaded it.
Also know that in order for the file to still keep the .json suffix you will need to it on filename header:
self.set_header("Content-Disposition", 'filename=learned_data.json')
The Problems with Making your own events
Many of the solutions proposed on this article have the JavaScript run asynchronously and create a link element then calling
const a = documet.createElement("a")
a.click()
or creating a mouse event
new MouseEvent({/* ...some config */})
This would seem fine right? What could be wrong with this?
What is an Event-Sourcing?
Event sourcing has a bunch of meanings across computing such as a system of pub sub in a cloud based architecture, or the browser api EventSource. In the context of a browser
all events have a source and that source has hidden property that says who initiated this event (the user or the site).
Knowing this we can start to understand why two click events might not be treated the same
user click* new MouseEvent()
----------- -----------
| Event 1 | | Event 2 |
----------- -----------
| |
|----------------------|
|
|
----------------------
| Permissions Policy | Available in chrome allows the server to control
---------------------- what features are going to be used by the JS
|
|
----------------------------
| Browser Fraud Protection | The Browser REALLY doesnt like being told to pretend
---------------------------- to be a user. If you will remember back to the early
| 2000s when one click spun off 2000 pop ups. Well here
| is where popups are blocked, fraudulent ad clicks are
\ / thrown out, and most importantly for our case stops
v fishy downloads
JavaScript Event Fires
So I just Can't Download off A POST That's Dumb
No, of course you can. You just need to give the user a chance to create the event. Here are a number of patterns that you can use to create user flows that are obvious and convectional and will not be flagged as fraud. (using jsx sorry not sorry)
A Form can be used to navigate to a url with a post action.
const example = () => (
<form
method="POST"
action="/super-api/stuff"
onSubmit={(e) => {/* mutably change e form data but don't e.preventDetfault() */}}
>
{/* relevant input fields of your download */}
</form>
)
Preloading If your download is non-configurable you may want to consider preloading the download into resp.blob() or new Blob(resp) this tells the browser that this is a file and we wont be doing any string operations on it. As with the other answers you can use window.URL.createObjectURL what is not mentioned is that
createObjectURL CAN MAKE A MEMORY LEAK IN JAVASCRIPTsource
If you don't want the C++ bully's to come make fun of you you must free this memory. Ahh but I'm just a hobbiest who loves his garbage collector. Have no fear this is very simple if you are working in most frameworks (for me react) you just register some sort of clean up effect on your component and your right as rain.
const preload = () => {
const [payload, setPayload] = useState("")
useEffect(() => {
fetch("/super-api/stuff")
.then((f) => f.blob())
.then(window.URL.createObjectURL)
.then(setPayload)
return () => window.URL.revokeObjectURL(payload)
}, [])
return (<a href={payload} download disabled={payload === ""}>Download Me</a>)
}
I think I got close, but something is corrupting the file (Image), any way, maybe some one can disclose the problem of this approach
$.ajax({
url: '/GenerateImageFile',
type: 'POST',
cache: false,
data: obj,
dataType: "text",
success: function (data, status, xhr) {
let blob = new Blob([data], { type: "image/jpeg" });
let a = document.createElement('a');
a.href = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
a.download = "test.jpg";
document.body.appendChild(a);
a.click();
document.body.removeChild(a);
window.URL.removeObjectURL(a.href);
},
complete: function () {
},
beforeSend: function () {
}
});
With HTML5, you can just create an anchor and click on it. There is no need to add it to the document as a child.
const a = document.createElement('a');
a.download = '';
a.href = urlForPdfFile;
a.click();
All done.
If you want to have a special name for the download, just pass it in the download attribute:
const a = document.createElement('a');
a.download = 'my-special-name.pdf';
a.href = urlForPdfFile;
a.click();
I'm having a problem with sending a file from an app I'm developing with phonegap.
I'm new to phonegap, so I might be trying to solve this in an entirely wrong way, so let me describe the the end goal first.
I'm developing a car rental app, I need to make a contact form, so users can leave an order to rent a car.
The form requires user to put in some basic information, like name and phone number, and also attach a photo or a scan of driver's license.
I was able to figure out the basic info part. I'm using $.ajax dataType: 'jsonp', to send the data to the server and then simply e-mail it to my client's address.
But I can find a way to send the file to the server.
I'm using an input[type=file] field to let the user choose what file to upload.
I've tried uploading file using FileTransfer, but apparently input[type=file] gives you some fake file path, that can't be directly used by FileTransfer.upload()
Problem is, I can't understand how can I get a proper file path for FileTransfer.upload function.
I've tried doing it another way, by reading the file using FileReader.
I tried reading the file and setting an image src to the result, but it doesn't work (it show broken image icon instead of an image, the same code works on PC).
I also tried to output it as text, that does output some data (so why doesn't it work for image src?).
Because I did manage to output the data read from the file as text I thought I will send that to the server and save it.
So here is how the code would look like:
On input change I read the file into a global variable
$(".file1").change(function(e){
var caster = e.target;
var files = caster.files;
if(FileReader && files && files.length) {
var fr = new FileReader();
fr.onloadend = function(e) {
//$(".image").attr("src",e.target.result);
window.file1base64 = e.target.result;
}
fr.readAsDataURL(files[0]);
}
});
Then, when user presses a button, I run FileTransfer.upload and then check every 0.1 seconds, whether the file upload is complete
function uploadSuccess(r) {
$(".output").append(" Success ");
window.fileStatus = true;
}
function uploadError(error) {
$(".output").append(" Error "+error.code+" ");
window.fileStatus = true;
window.fileError = error.code;
}
function uploadFile() {
$(".output").append(" uploadFile ");
file = $('.file1').val().split('\\').pop();
$(".output").append(" File-"+file+" ");
if(file){
$(".output").append(" fileExists ");
var options = new FileUploadOptions();
options.fileKey = "file";
options.fileName = file;
options.mimeType = "image/jpeg";
options.chunkedMode = false;
options.headers = {
Connection: "close"
};
$(".output").append(" FileUploadOptions ");
window.fileStatus = false;
window.fileError = '';
//fileuri = $(".image").attr("src");
fileuri = window.file1base64;
$(".output").append(" fileuri ");
var ft = new FileTransfer();
ft.upload(fileuri, encodeURI("http://***.***/savefile.php"), uploadSuccess, uploadError, options);
$(".output").append(" upload ");
checkFile();
}
}
function checkFile() {
if(!window.fileStatus) {
$(".output").append(" check ");
setTimeout(checkFile, 100);
return;
}
}
After some checks, it prints out Error 3 and I can't figure out what that means or how to fix it.
Server side code is simply this:
Get the file and save it
$dir_name = dirname(__FILE__)."/uploadedimages/";
move_uploaded_file($_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"], $dir_name."test.txt");
But no file is created on the server.
use the FormData object to get the form data (including input file) and submit it this way:
var data = new FormData($('#yourFormID')[0]);
$.ajax({
url: serverURL,
data: data,
cache:false,
contentType: false,
processData: false,
type: 'POST',
error: function(jqXHR,textStatus,errorThrown){
},
success: function(data){
}
});
You should set the FILEURL in some variable and image in some html image element and then use it to transfer the image.
like this:
function onPgCameraSuccess(imageData) {
fileEntry.file(
function(fileObj) {
var previewImage= document.getElementById('SomeImageElement');
fileName=imageData.substr(imageData.lastIndexOf('/')+1);
fileURL=imageData;
previewImage.src =imageData;
$('#SomeTextBox').val(fileName);
});
}
function SubmitPhoto(){
var uOptions = new FileUploadOptions();
var ft = new FileTransfer();
uOptions .fileKey = "keyofyourfileonserver";
uOptions .fileName = fileName;
uOptions .mimeType = "image/jpeg";
uOptions .httpMethod = "POST";
uOptions .params = params;
ft.upload(fileURL,
urlofsvc,
photoSuccess,
photoFail,
uOptions,
true
);}
First off, I am very bad at flash/actionscript, it is not my main programming language.
I have created my own file upload flash app that has been working great for me up until this point. It uses PHP to upload the files and sends back a status message which gets displayed in a status box to the user.
Now I have run into a situation where I need the HTML to pass a parameter to the Actionscript, and then to the PHP file using POST. I have tried to set this up just like adobe has it on http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=17_Networking_and_communications_7.html without success.
Here is my Actionscript code
import fl.controls.TextArea;
//Set filters
var imageTypes:FileFilter = new FileFilter("Images (*.jpg, *.jpeg, *.gif, *.png)", "*.jpg; *.jpeg; *.gif; *.png");
var textTypes:FileFilter = new FileFilter("Documents (*.txt, *.rtf, *.pdf, *.doc)", "*.txt; *.rtf; *.pdf; *.doc");
var allTypes:Array = new Array(textTypes, imageTypes);
var fileRefList:FileReferenceList = new FileReferenceList();
//Add event listeners for its various fileRefList functions below
upload_buttn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, browseBox);
fileRefList.addEventListener(Event.SELECT, selectHandler);
function browseBox(event:MouseEvent):void {
fileRefList.browse(allTypes);
}
function selectHandler(event:Event):void {
var phpRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("ajax/upload.ajax.php");
var flashVars:URLVariables = objectToURLVariables(this.root.loaderInfo);
phpRequest.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
phpRequest.data = flashVars;
var file:FileReference;
var files:FileReferenceList = FileReferenceList(event.target);
var selectedFileArray:Array = files.fileList;
var listener:Object = new Object();
for (var i:uint = 0; i < selectedFileArray.length; i++) {
file = FileReference(selectedFileArray[i]);
try {
file.addEventListener(DataEvent.UPLOAD_COMPLETE_DATA, phpResponse);
file.upload(phpRequest);
}
catch (error:Error) {
status_txt.text = file.name + " Was not uploaded correctly (" + error.message + ")";
}
}
}
function phpResponse(event:DataEvent):void {
var file:FileReference = FileReference(event.target);
status_txt.htmlText += event.data;
}
function objectToURLVariables(parameters:Object):URLVariables {
var paramsToSend:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
for(var i:String in parameters) {
if(i!=null) {
if(parameters[i] is Array) paramsToSend[i] = parameters[i];
else paramsToSend[i] = parameters[i].toString();
}
}
return paramsToSend;
}
The flashVars variable is the one that should contain the values from the HTML file. But whenever I run the program and output the variables in the PHP file I receive the following.
//Using this command on the PHP page
print_r($_POST);
//I get this for output
Array
(
[Filename] => testfile.txt
[Upload] => Submit Query
)
Its almost like the parameters are getting over written or are just not working at all.
Thanks for any help,
Metropolis
Try...
print_r($_FILES);
Like I said in my comment: Do you successfully receive the variable in Flash from the flashvars?
I haven't done Flash in a while but maybe, instead of your objectToURLVariables function, just referencing each variable directly is a better way. At least to figure out if you have those variables from your HTML page. So maybe do something like this:
var myVar:String = LoaderInfo(this.root.loaderInfo).parameters.myVar;
var flashVars:URLVariables = objectToURLVariables(myVar);
Ok, I have fixed the issue somehow.....I kept changing things back and forth and realized that the cache had not been cleared in awhile. I cleared the cache and it started working for some reason.
I did change one line back to the way I had it before.
I changed
var flashVars:URLVariables = objectToURLVariables(this.root.loaderInfo);
To
var flashVars:URLVariables = objectToURLVariables(root.loaderInfo.parameters);
Im not positive that this was causing the problem. It may have been that I just needed to clear the cache the whole time. Anyway, thanks for your help guys.
is it possible to call a PHP function from flash and have it execute right away?
If so how could I go about doing that, because I am trying to call a PHP function that will update a users facebook status, but thus far I have been unsuccessful, so I am kind of at the end f my rope.
Any help would be appreciated, thanx!
My idea would be something similar to the following:
function updateFBStatus(newStatus)
{
// create two new instances of LoadVars, one to send and one to receive data
var dataOut:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
var dataIn:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
// define what should happen when the response is received,
// using 'this' to refer to dataIn and get data from it
dataIn.onLoad = onReturn;
dataOut["newStatus"] = newStatus;
dataOut.sendAndLoad(serverURL+"setFBStatus.php", dataIn, "POST");
}
You then define the setFBStatus.php file on your server to read $_POST['newStatus'] and do whatever you would normally do in php to set the facebook status. That php file can optionally echo some return values in url request format (i.e, paramName1=param1¶mName2=param2&) for your onReturn function to read, if you need to.
Have a look at AMF PHP!
Save the PHP function in facebookFunction.php and call it using a URLLoader.
var urlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
var data:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
//you can use dot syntax and/or [] syntax to add data.
data.user = "kiele";
data["someThingElse"] = "something else";
var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest("facebookFunction.php");
req.data = data;
urlLoader.load(req);
At the php side, you can read the values from the global get variable.
$user = $_GET["user"]
The way I would do it is in the flash actionscript is call a javascript function using getURL("javascript:someFunction(var-1, var-2, var-n)") http://www.adobe.com/livedocs/flash/9.0/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Parts&file=00001180.html
That javascript function can then do an ajax request to a php script.
EDIT:
you could just post data directly without using AJAX:
var firstName:String = "Gus";
var lastName:String = "Richardson";
var age:Number = 92;
getURL("http://www.adobe.com", "_blank", "POST");
Why you are not using a Flash API for Facebook: http://code.google.com/p/facebook-actionscript-api/ ?