Download directly a pdf file

here is something i found on this thematic:

You can’t do this with HTML.
It’s a server-based solution. You have to stream the file so that the browser than triggers the save dialog.

I’d advise not doing this. How a user interacts with a PDF should be left up to the user.

And i do agree to that on security reasons. (pdf bomb)

PS: on html5 now it seems to be able to do that . But on the security reasons i stay on my oppinion that it is a “no go” –
Link : https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2011/08/Downloading-resources-in-HTML5-a-download

but you can do it with zip files – than the user has the opportunity to have a first look to the downloaded zip file (Antivirus etc.)

• This reply was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by Guenni007.

if you like to include other files to do the same:

<FilesMatch "\.(?i:(pdf|xls))$">
    # Force File Download
    ForceType application/octet-stream
    Header set Content-Disposition attachment
</FilesMatch>

you know that from the rule concerning to cors :

<FilesMatch "\.(ttf|otf|woff)$">
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*"
</IfModule>
</FilesMatch>

• This reply was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by Guenni007.

you mean your one liner : AddType application/octet-stream .pdf
if it works – ok.
but some browsers have some trouble with .PDF or the IE does something else you are intend to do.
I think the code will work browser independent:

<FilesMatch "\.(?i:pdf)$">
    # Force File Download
    ForceType application/octet-stream
    Header set Content-Disposition attachment
</FilesMatch>

to be more precise it should be:

<FilesMatch "\.(?i:pdf)$">
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
    ForceType application/octet-stream
    Header set Content-Disposition attachment
</IfModule>
</FilesMatch>

but test yourself
btw: the ?i: is for beeing independent from upper/lowercase combinations.

• This reply was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by Guenni007.