Force download GET request using axios

Question

I\'m using vuejs 2 + axios. I need to send a get request, pass some params to server, and get a PDF as a response. Server uses Laravel.

So

axios.get(         


        

Answer 1

You're getting empty PDF 'cause no data is passed to the server. You can try passing data using data object like this

  axios
    .post(`order-results/${id}/export-pdf`, {
      data: {
        firstName: 'Fred'
      },
      responseType: 'arraybuffer'
    })
    .then(response => {
      console.log(response)

      let blob = new Blob([response.data], { type: 'application/pdf' }),
        url = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob)

      window.open(url) // Mostly the same, I was just experimenting with different approaches, tried link.click, iframe and other solutions
    })

By the way I gotta thank you so much for showing me the hint in order to download pdf from response. Thank ya :)

                var dates = {
                    fromDate: 20/5/2017,
                    toDate: 25/5/2017
                }

The way in which I have used is,

axios({
  method: 'post',
  url: '/reports/interval-dates',
  responseType: 'arraybuffer',
  data: dates
}).then(function(response) {
  let blob = new Blob([response.data], { type: 'application/pdf' })
  let link = document.createElement('a')
  link.href = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob)
  link.download = 'Report.pdf'
  link.click()
})