ASP.NET Get bytes of application/pdf attachment

Question

I have this url: https://example.com/getPDF/Index

This method returns an attached application/pdf via Rotativa

public ActionResult RedBluePDF(string community, string procedure) 
{ 
     var model = new GeneratePDFModel(); 
     return new Rotativa.ViewAsPdf("GeneratePDF", model){
          FileName = "TestViewAsPdf.pdf"
     }
}

My Question is how would I call this method and get the bytes from application/pdf file? I do not want to generate the PDF and get the BuildFile method provided by Rotativa to get the bytes.

Answer 1

It looks like you should be able to call BuildFile on the output from ViewAsPdf, like this:

public ActionResult RedBluePDF(string community, string procedure) 
{ 
   var model = new GeneratePDFModel(); 
   var pdf= new Rotativa.ViewAsPdf("GeneratePDF", model){
        FileName = "TestViewAsPdf.pdf"
   }
   var bytes = pdf.BuildFile(); // byte array
   // do what you want with the byte array here
}