Laravel - display a PDF file in storage without forcing download?

Question

I have a PDF file stored in app/storage/, and I want authenticated users to be able to view this file. I know that I can make them download it using

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Answer 1

In Laravel 5.5 you can just pass "inline" as the disposition parameter of the download function:

return response()->download('/path/to/file.pdf', 'example.pdf', [], 'inline');