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Force download is not working

I want to prompt a download for a user when they click a link instead of open it in the browser.

with expressJS, it should be just like this :

app.get('/download', function (req, res) {
  res.download('public/uploads/sample.pdf');
});

how can I do it with GeddyJS ?

I tried this code, but it still open it in the browser, which is mean the "resp.setHeader" is not working. 

this.download = function (req, resp, params) {
  var filename = 'sample.pdf';
  var file = 'public/uploads/sample.pdf';

  resp.setHeader('Content-Disposition', 'attachment; filename="' + filename + '"');
  resp.sendFile(file);
};

Did I miss something?

Thanks a lot before.

Solution

  • The issue is that Geddy's response object doesn't have a 'setHeader' method, so you need to reach in and set the header on the real Node response object.

    resp.resp.setHeader('Content-Disposition', 'attachment; filename="' + filename + '"');