How to Return Files (PDF) From asp.net web api 2

Question

I would like to get pdf file from asp.net web api 2 / c#

here is my Controller

[JwtAuthentication]
[HttpGet]
[Route("Document")]
public IHttpActionResult GetDocument([FromUri]int IdDocument, [FromUri]int ContentFileType)
{
    string filePath = "C:\\xxxxxxxxx\\pdf\\14076186.pdf";
    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(filePath) || !File.Exists(filePath) || IdDocument == 0)
    {
        return NotFound();
    }

    if (ContentFileType == 0 || ContentFileType == 4)
    {
        byte[] dataBytes = File.ReadAllBytes(filePath);
        MemoryStream pdfDataStream = new MemoryStream(dataBytes);
        string pdfName = IdDocument + "pdf";
        return new PdfResult(pdfDataStream, Request, pdfName);
    }
    else
    {
        HttpResponseMessage responseMsg = new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK);
        responseMsg.Content = new StreamContent(new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read));
        return ResponseMessage(responseMsg);
    }
}

here is my PdfResult class

public class PdfResult : IHttpActionResult 
{
    private readonly MemoryStream PdfStuff;
    private readonly string PdfFileName;
    private readonly HttpRequestMessage httpRequestMessage;
    private HttpResponseMessage httpResponseMessage;

    public PdfResult(MemoryStream data, HttpRequestMessage request, string filename)
    {
        PdfStuff = data;
        httpRequestMessage = request;
        PdfFileName = filename;
    }
    public System.Threading.Tasks.Task<HttpResponseMessage> ExecuteAsync(System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken)
    {
        httpResponseMessage = httpRequestMessage.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK);
        httpResponseMessage.Content = new StreamContent(PdfStuff);
        //httpResponseMessage.Content = new ByteArrayContent(PdfStuff.ToArray());
        httpResponseMessage.Content.Headers.ContentDisposition = new System.Net.Http.Headers.ContentDispositionHeaderValue("attachment");
        httpResponseMessage.Content.Headers.ContentDisposition.FileName = PdfFileName;
        httpResponseMessage.Content.Headers.ContentType = new System.Net.Http.Headers.MediaTypeHeaderValue("application/octet-stream"); // application/pdf
        return System.Threading.Tasks.Task.FromResult(httpResponseMessage);
    }
}

and when i run this on postman i get this (I have GZip Compression enabled)

{{url}}/document?idDocument=14076186&contentFileType=0

%PDF-1.3
1 0 obj
[/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI
]
endobj
15 0 obj
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Can any one help me please ?

Answer 1

The problem is in the Deflate and Gzip compression

I remove the compression for the action that run the PDF file and it works

Thanks for your reply