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Changing and loading an iframes src when the link within a file changes/updates

I'm building a page called live_link_frame.php and within it is loading an iframe via a url pulled from a local file: live_link.txt:
<?php
$filePath = 'live_link.txt';
$handle = #fopen($filePath, "r");
$text = fread($handle,filesize($filePath));
$lines = explode(PHP_EOL,$text);
$live_link = reset($lines);
?>
and
<iframe src="<?php echo "$live_link"; ?>"></iframe>
Is there a way to have the iframe src= update with the new value from $live_link when the url is changed in the local file? It doesn't have to be isolated to just php.
Everything I've tried so far ends up being some kind of looping method and causes the live_link_frame.php page to never fully load.

This can be achieved with Javascript:
In your index page, you have some javascript that periodically checks inside live_link.php. You change the value in the makeInterval function to how often you want the file to be checked, 10000 = 10 seconds.
<script>
function makeInterval()
{
getFileAndSetIframe();
let interval = setInterval(getFileAndSetIframe, 10000);
}
function getFileAndSetIframe()
{
let current_src = document.getElementById('changeme').getAttribute('src');
let link = fetch('live_link.php')
.then(response => response.text())
.then((response) => {
if (response !== current_src) {
document.getElementById('changeme').setAttribute('src', response);
}
});
}
window.addEventListener ? window.addEventListener("load",makeInterval,false) : window.attachEvent && window.attachEvent("onload",makeInterval);
</script>
<h1>This is my page</h1>
<iframe src="" id="changeme"></iframe>
Note that if the URLS are of external sites you will probably run into issues.

How can I download data from Java back-end? [duplicate]

I have a Struts2 action in the server side for file downloading.
<action name="download" class="com.xxx.DownAction">
<result name="success" type="stream">
<param name="contentType">text/plain</param>
<param name="inputName">imageStream</param>
<param name="contentDisposition">attachment;filename={fileName}</param>
<param name="bufferSize">1024</param>
</result>
</action>
However when I call the action using the jQuery:
$.post(
"/download.action",{
para1:value1,
para2:value2
....
},function(data){
console.info(data);
}
);
in Firebug I see the data is retrieved with the Binary stream. I wonder how to open the file downloading window with which the user can save the file locally?

2019 modern browsers update
This is the approach I'd now recommend with a few caveats:
A relatively modern browser is required
If the file is expected to be very large you should likely do something similar to the original approach (iframe and cookie) because some of the below operations could likely consume system memory at least as large as the file being downloaded and/or other interesting CPU side effects.
fetch('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1')
.then(resp => resp.blob())
.then(blob => {
const url = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
const a = document.createElement('a');
a.style.display = 'none';
a.href = url;
// the filename you want
a.download = 'todo-1.json';
document.body.appendChild(a);
a.click();
window.URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
alert('your file has downloaded!'); // or you know, something with better UX...
})
.catch(() => alert('oh no!'));
2012 Original jQuery/iframe/Cookie based approach
Bluish is completely right about this, you can't do it through Ajax because JavaScript cannot save files directly to a user's computer (out of security concerns). Unfortunately pointing the main window's URL at your file download means you have little control over what the user experience is when a file download occurs.
I created jQuery File Download which allows for an "Ajax like" experience with file downloads complete with OnSuccess and OnFailure callbacks to provide for a better user experience. Take a look at my blog post on the common problem that the plugin solves and some ways to use it and also a demo of jQuery File Download in action. Here is the source
Here is a simple use case demo using the plugin source with promises. The demo page includes many other, 'better UX' examples as well.
$.fileDownload('some/file.pdf')
.done(function () { alert('File download a success!'); })
.fail(function () { alert('File download failed!'); });
Depending on what browsers you need to support you may be able to use https://github.com/eligrey/FileSaver.js/ which allows more explicit control than the IFRAME method jQuery File Download uses.

Noone posted this #Pekka's solution... so I'll post it. It can help someone.
You don't need to do this through Ajax. Just use
window.location="download.action?para1=value1...."

You can with HTML5
NB: The file data returned MUST be base64 encoded because you cannot JSON encode binary data
In my AJAX response I have a data structure that looks like this:
{
result: 'OK',
download: {
mimetype: string(mimetype in the form 'major/minor'),
filename: string(the name of the file to download),
data: base64(the binary data as base64 to download)
}
}
That means that I can do the following to save a file via AJAX
var a = document.createElement('a');
if (window.URL && window.Blob && ('download' in a) && window.atob) {
// Do it the HTML5 compliant way
var blob = base64ToBlob(result.download.data, result.download.mimetype);
var url = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
a.href = url;
a.download = result.download.filename;
a.click();
window.URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
}
The function base64ToBlob was taken from here and must be used in compliance with this function
function base64ToBlob(base64, mimetype, slicesize) {
if (!window.atob || !window.Uint8Array) {
// The current browser doesn't have the atob function. Cannot continue
return null;
}
mimetype = mimetype || '';
slicesize = slicesize || 512;
var bytechars = atob(base64);
var bytearrays = [];
for (var offset = 0; offset < bytechars.length; offset += slicesize) {
var slice = bytechars.slice(offset, offset + slicesize);
var bytenums = new Array(slice.length);
for (var i = 0; i < slice.length; i++) {
bytenums[i] = slice.charCodeAt(i);
}
var bytearray = new Uint8Array(bytenums);
bytearrays[bytearrays.length] = bytearray;
}
return new Blob(bytearrays, {type: mimetype});
};
This is good if your server is dumping filedata to be saved. However, I've not quite worked out how one would implement a HTML4 fallback

The simple way to make the browser downloads a file is to make the request like that:
function downloadFile(urlToSend) {
var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.open("GET", urlToSend, true);
req.responseType = "blob";
req.onload = function (event) {
var blob = req.response;
var fileName = req.getResponseHeader("fileName") //if you have the fileName header available
var link=document.createElement('a');
link.href=window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
link.download=fileName;
link.click();
};
req.send();
}
This opens the browser download pop up.

1. Framework agnostic: Servlet downloading file as attachment
<!-- with JS -->
<a href="javascript:window.location='downloadServlet?param1=value1'">
download
</a>
<!-- without JS -->
<a href="downloadServlet?param1=value1" >download</a>
2. Struts2 Framework: Action downloading file as attachment
<!-- with JS -->
<a href="javascript:window.location='downloadAction.action?param1=value1'">
download
</a>
<!-- without JS -->
<a href="downloadAction.action?param1=value1" >download</a>
It would be better to use <s:a> tag pointing with OGNL to an URL created with <s:url> tag:
<!-- without JS, with Struts tags: THE RIGHT WAY -->
<s:url action="downloadAction.action" var="url">
<s:param name="param1">value1</s:param>
</s:ulr>
<s:a href="%{url}" >download</s:a>
In the above cases, you need to write the Content-Disposition header to the response, specifying that the file needs to be downloaded (attachment) and not opened by the browser (inline). You need to specify the Content Type too, and you may want to add the file name and length (to help the browser drawing a realistic progressbar).
For example, when downloading a ZIP:
response.setContentType("application/zip");
response.addHeader("Content-Disposition",
"attachment; filename=\"name of my file.zip\"");
response.setHeader("Content-Length", myFile.length()); // or myByte[].length...
With Struts2 (unless you are using the Action as a Servlet, an hack for direct streaming, for example), you don't need to directly write anything to the response; simply using the Stream result type and configuring it in struts.xml will work: EXAMPLE
<result name="success" type="stream">
<param name="contentType">application/zip</param>
<param name="contentDisposition">attachment;filename="${fileName}"</param>
<param name="contentLength">${fileLength}</param>
</result>
3. Framework agnostic (/ Struts2 framework): Servlet(/Action) opening file inside the browser
If you want to open the file inside the browser, instead of downloading it, the Content-disposition must be set to inline, but the target can't be the current window location; you must target a new window created by javascript, an <iframe> in the page, or a new window created on-the-fly with the "discussed" target="_blank":
<!-- From a parent page into an IFrame without javascript -->
<a href="downloadServlet?param1=value1" target="iFrameName">
download
</a>
<!-- In a new window without javascript -->
<a href="downloadServlet?param1=value1" target="_blank">
download
</a>
<!-- In a new window with javascript -->
<a href="javascript:window.open('downloadServlet?param1=value1');" >
download
</a>

I have created little function as workaround solution (inspired by #JohnCulviner plugin):
// creates iframe and form in it with hidden field,
// then submit form with provided data
// url - form url
// data - data to form field
// input_name - form hidden input name
function ajax_download(url, data, input_name) {
var $iframe,
iframe_doc,
iframe_html;
if (($iframe = $('#download_iframe')).length === 0) {
$iframe = $("<iframe id='download_iframe'" +
" style='display: none' src='about:blank'></iframe>"
).appendTo("body");
}
iframe_doc = $iframe[0].contentWindow || $iframe[0].contentDocument;
if (iframe_doc.document) {
iframe_doc = iframe_doc.document;
}
iframe_html = "<html><head></head><body><form method='POST' action='" +
url +"'>" +
"<input type=hidden name='" + input_name + "' value='" +
JSON.stringify(data) +"'/></form>" +
"</body></html>";
iframe_doc.open();
iframe_doc.write(iframe_html);
$(iframe_doc).find('form').submit();
}
Demo with click event:
$('#someid').on('click', function() {
ajax_download('/download.action', {'para1': 1, 'para2': 2}, 'dataname');
});

I faced the same issue and successfully solved it. My use-case is this.
"Post JSON data to the server and receive an excel file.
That excel file is created by the server and returned as a response to the client. Download that response as a file with custom name in browser"
$("#my-button").on("click", function(){
// Data to post
data = {
ids: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
};
// Use XMLHttpRequest instead of Jquery $ajax
xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
var a;
if (xhttp.readyState === 4 && xhttp.status === 200) {
// Trick for making downloadable link
a = document.createElement('a');
a.href = window.URL.createObjectURL(xhttp.response);
// Give filename you wish to download
a.download = "test-file.xls";
a.style.display = 'none';
document.body.appendChild(a);
a.click();
}
};
// Post data to URL which handles post request
xhttp.open("POST", excelDownloadUrl);
xhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
// You should set responseType as blob for binary responses
xhttp.responseType = 'blob';
xhttp.send(JSON.stringify(data));
});
The above snippet is just doing following
Posting an array as JSON to the server using XMLHttpRequest.
After fetching content as a blob(binary), we are creating a downloadable URL and attaching it to invisible "a" link then clicking it. I did a POST request here. Instead, you can go for a simple GET too. We cannot download the file through Ajax, must use XMLHttpRequest.
Here we need to carefully set few things on the server side. I set few headers in Python Django HttpResponse. You need to set them accordingly if you use other programming languages.
# In python django code
response = HttpResponse(file_content, content_type="application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet")
Since I download xls(excel) here, I adjusted contentType to above one. You need to set it according to your file type. You can use this technique to download any kind of files.

Ok, based on ndpu's code heres an improved (I think) version of ajax_download;-
function ajax_download(url, data) {
var $iframe,
iframe_doc,
iframe_html;
if (($iframe = $('#download_iframe')).length === 0) {
$iframe = $("<iframe id='download_iframe'" +
" style='display: none' src='about:blank'></iframe>"
).appendTo("body");
}
iframe_doc = $iframe[0].contentWindow || $iframe[0].contentDocument;
if (iframe_doc.document) {
iframe_doc = iframe_doc.document;
}
iframe_html = "<html><head></head><body><form method='POST' action='" +
url +"'>"
Object.keys(data).forEach(function(key){
iframe_html += "<input type='hidden' name='"+key+"' value='"+data[key]+"'>";
});
iframe_html +="</form></body></html>";
iframe_doc.open();
iframe_doc.write(iframe_html);
$(iframe_doc).find('form').submit();
}
Use this like this;-
$('#someid').on('click', function() {
ajax_download('/download.action', {'para1': 1, 'para2': 2});
});
The params are sent as proper post params as if coming from an input rather than as a json encoded string as per the previous example.
CAVEAT: Be wary about the potential for variable injection on those forms. There might be a safer way to encode those variables. Alternatively contemplate escaping them.

My approach is completly based on jQuery. The problem for me was that it has to be a POST-HTTP call. And I wanted it to be done by jQuery alone.
The solution:
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "/some/webpage",
headers: {'X-CSRF-TOKEN': csrfToken},
data: additionalDataToSend,
dataType: "text",
success: function(result) {
let blob = new Blob([result], { type: "application/octetstream" });
let a = document.createElement('a');
a.href = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
a.download = "test.xml";;
document.body.appendChild(a);
a.click();
document.body.removeChild(a);
window.URL.revokeObjectURL(a.href);
...
},
error: errorDialog
});
Explanation:
What I and many others do is to create a link on the webpage, indicating that the target should be downloaded and putting the result of the http-request as the target. After that I append the link to the document than simply clicking the link and removing the link afterwards. You don't need an iframe anymore.
The magic lies in the lines
let blob = new Blob([result], { type: "application/octetstream" });
a.href = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
The interesting point is that this solution is only working with a "blob". As you can see in other answers, some are simply using a blob but not explaining why and how to create it.
As you can read e.g. in the Mozilla developer documentation you need a file, media ressource or blob for the function "createObjectURL()" to work. The problem is that your http-response might not be any of those.
Therefore the first thing you must do is to convert your response to a blob. This is what the first line does. Then you can use the "createObjectURL" with your newly created blob.
If you than click the link your browser will open a file-save dialog and you can save your data. Obviously it s possible that you cannot define a fixed filename for your file to download. Then you must make your response more complex like in the answer from Luke.
And don't forget to free up the memory especially when you are working with large files. For more examples and information you can look at the details of the JS blob object

Here is what I did, pure javascript and html. Did not test it but this should work in all browsers.
Javascript Function
var iframe = document.createElement('iframe');
iframe.id = "IFRAMEID";
iframe.style.display = 'none';
document.body.appendChild(iframe);
iframe.src = 'SERVERURL'+'?' + $.param($scope.filtro);
iframe.addEventListener("load", function () {
console.log("FILE LOAD DONE.. Download should start now");
});
Using just components that is supported in all browsers no additional
libraries.
Here is my server side JAVA Spring controller code.
#RequestMapping(value = "/rootto/my/xlsx", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public void downloadExcelFile(#RequestParam(value = "param1", required = false) String param1,
HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws ParseException {
Workbook wb = service.getWorkbook(param1);
if (wb != null) {
try {
String fileName = "myfile_" + sdf.format(new Date());
response.setContentType("application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet");
response.setHeader("Content-disposition", "attachment; filename=\"" + fileName + ".xlsx\"");
wb.write(response.getOutputStream());
response.getOutputStream().close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}

How to DOWNLOAD a file after receiving it by AJAX
It’s convenient when the file is created for a long time and you need to show PRELOADER
Example when submitting a web form:
<script>
$(function () {
$('form').submit(function () {
$('#loader').show();
$.ajax({
url: $(this).attr('action'),
data: $(this).serialize(),
dataType: 'binary',
xhrFields: {
'responseType': 'blob'
},
success: function(data, status, xhr) {
$('#loader').hide();
// if(data.type.indexOf('text/html') != -1){//If instead of a file you get an error page
// var reader = new FileReader();
// reader.readAsText(data);
// reader.onload = function() {alert(reader.result);};
// return;
// }
var link = document.createElement('a'),
filename = 'file.xlsx';
// if(xhr.getResponseHeader('Content-Disposition')){//filename
// filename = xhr.getResponseHeader('Content-Disposition');
// filename=filename.match(/filename="(.*?)"/)[1];
// filename=decodeURIComponent(escape(filename));
// }
link.href = URL.createObjectURL(data);
link.download = filename;
link.click();
}
});
return false;
});
});
</script>
Optional functional is commented out to simplify the example.
No need to create temporary files on the server.
On jQuery v2.2.4 OK. There will be an error on the old version:
Uncaught DOMException: Failed to read the 'responseText' property from 'XMLHttpRequest': The value is only accessible if the object's 'responseType' is '' or 'text' (was 'blob').

function downloadURI(uri, name)
{
var link = document.createElement("a");
link.download = name;
link.href = uri;
link.click();
}

I try to download a CSV file and then do something after download has finished. So I need to implement an appropriate callback function.
Using window.location="..." is not a good idea because I cannot operate the program after finishing download. Something like this, change header so it is not a good idea.
fetch is a good alternative however it cannot support IE 11. And window.URL.createObjectURL cannot support IE 11.You can refer this.
This is my code, it is similar to the code of Shahrukh Alam. But you should take care that window.URL.createObjectURL maybe create memory leaks. You can refer this. When response has arrived, data will be stored into memory of browser. So before you click a link, the file has been downloaded. It means that you can do anything after download.
$.ajax({
url: 'your download url',
type: 'GET',
}).done(function (data, textStatus, request) {
// csv => Blob
var blob = new Blob([data]);
// the file name from server.
var fileName = request.getResponseHeader('fileName');
if (window.navigator && window.navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob) { // for IE
window.navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob(blob, fileName);
} else { // for others
var url = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
const a = document.createElement('a');
a.style.display = 'none';
a.href = url;
a.download = fileName;
document.body.appendChild(a);
a.click();
window.URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
//Do something after download
...
}
}).then(after_download)
}

Adding some more things to above answer for downloading a file
Below is some java spring code which generates byte Array
#RequestMapping(value = "/downloadReport", method = { RequestMethod.POST })
public ResponseEntity<byte[]> downloadReport(
#RequestBody final SomeObejct obj, HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception {
OutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
// write something to output stream
HttpHeaders respHeaders = new HttpHeaders();
respHeaders.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM);
respHeaders.add("X-File-Name", name);
ByteArrayOutputStream bos = (ByteArrayOutputStream) out;
return new ResponseEntity<byte[]>(bos.toByteArray(), respHeaders, HttpStatus.CREATED);
}
Now in javascript code using FileSaver.js ,can download a file with below code
var json=angular.toJson("somejsobject");
var url=apiEndPoint+'some url';
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
//headers('X-File-Name')
xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 201) {
var res = this.response;
var fileName=this.getResponseHeader('X-File-Name');
var data = new Blob([res]);
saveAs(data, fileName); //this from FileSaver.js
}
}
xhr.open('POST', url);
xhr.setRequestHeader('Authorization','Bearer ' + token);
xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json');
xhr.responseType = 'arraybuffer';
xhr.send(json);
The above will download file

In Rails, I do it this way:
function download_file(file_id) {
let url = '/files/' + file_id + '/download_file';
$.ajax({
type: 'GET',
url: url,
processData: false,
success: function (data) {
window.location = url;
},
error: function (xhr) {
console.log(' Error: >>>> ' + JSON.stringify(xhr));
}
});
}
The trick is the window.location part. The controller's method looks like:
# GET /files/{:id}/download_file/
def download_file
send_file(#file.file,
:disposition => 'attachment',
:url_based_filename => false)
end

Use window.open https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/open
For example, you can put this line of code in a click handler:
window.open('/file.txt', '_blank');
It will open a new tab (because of the '_blank' window-name) and that tab will open the URL.
Your server-side code should also have something like this:
res.set('Content-Disposition', 'attachment; filename=file.txt');
And that way, the browser should prompt the user to save the file to disk, instead of just showing them the file. It will also automatically close the tab that it just opened.

The HTML Code :
<button type="button" id="GetFile">Get File!</button>
The jQuery Code :
$('#GetFile').on('click', function () {
$.ajax({
url: 'https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/172905/test.pdf',
method: 'GET',
xhrFields: {
responseType: 'blob'
},
success: function (data) {
var a = document.createElement('a');
var url = window.URL.createObjectURL(data);
a.href = url;
a.download = 'myfile.pdf';
document.body.append(a);
a.click();
a.remove();
window.URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
}
});
});

Ok so here is the working code when Using MVC and you are getting your file from a controller
lets say you have your byte array declare and populate, the only thing you need to do is to use the File function (using System.Web.Mvc)
byte[] bytes = .... insert your bytes in the array
return File(bytes, System.Net.Mime.MediaTypeNames.Application.Octet, "nameoffile.exe");
and then, in the same controller, add thoses 2 functions
protected override void OnResultExecuting(ResultExecutingContext context)
{
CheckAndHandleFileResult(context);
base.OnResultExecuting(context);
}
private const string FILE_DOWNLOAD_COOKIE_NAME = "fileDownload";
/// <summary>
/// If the current response is a FileResult (an MVC base class for files) then write a
/// cookie to inform jquery.fileDownload that a successful file download has occured
/// </summary>
/// <param name="context"></param>
private void CheckAndHandleFileResult(ResultExecutingContext context)
{
if (context.Result is FileResult)
//jquery.fileDownload uses this cookie to determine that a file download has completed successfully
Response.SetCookie(new HttpCookie(FILE_DOWNLOAD_COOKIE_NAME, "true") { Path = "/" });
else
//ensure that the cookie is removed in case someone did a file download without using jquery.fileDownload
if (Request.Cookies[FILE_DOWNLOAD_COOKIE_NAME] != null)
Response.Cookies[FILE_DOWNLOAD_COOKIE_NAME].Expires = DateTime.Now.AddYears(-1);
}
and then you will be able to call your controller to download and get the "success" or "failure" callback
$.fileDownload(mvcUrl('name of the controller'), {
httpMethod: 'POST',
successCallback: function (url) {
//insert success code
},
failCallback: function (html, url) {
//insert fail code
}
});

I found a fix that while it's not actually using ajax it does allow you to use a javascript call to request the download and then get a callback when the download actually starts. I found this helpful if the link runs a server side script that takes a little bit to compose the file before sending it. so you can alert them that it's processing, and then when it does finally send the file remove that processing notification. which is why I wanted to try to load the file via ajax to begin with so that I could have an event happen when the file is requested and another when it actually starts downloading.
the js on the front page
function expdone()
{
document.getElementById('exportdiv').style.display='none';
}
function expgo()
{
document.getElementById('exportdiv').style.display='block';
document.getElementById('exportif').src='test2.php?arguments=data';
}
the iframe
<div id="exportdiv" style="display:none;">
<img src="loader.gif"><br><h1>Generating Report</h1>
<iframe id="exportif" src="" style="width: 1px;height: 1px; border:0px;"></iframe>
</div>
then the other file:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script>
function expdone()
{
window.parent.expdone();
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<iframe id="exportif" src="<?php echo "http://10.192.37.211/npdtracker/exportthismonth.php?arguments=".$_GET["arguments"]; ?>"></iframe>
<script>document.getElementById('exportif').onload= expdone;</script>
</body></html>
I think there's a way to read get data using js so then no php would be needed. but I don't know it off hand and the server I'm using supports php so this works for me. thought I'd share it in case it helps anyone.

If the server is writing the file back in the response (including cookies if
you use them to determine whether the file download started), Simply create a form with the values and submit it:
function ajaxPostDownload(url, data) {
var $form;
if (($form = $('#download_form')).length === 0) {
$form = $("<form id='download_form'" + " style='display: none; width: 1px; height: 1px; position: absolute; top: -10000px' method='POST' action='" + url + "'></form>");
$form.appendTo("body");
}
//Clear the form fields
$form.html("");
//Create new form fields
Object.keys(data).forEach(function (key) {
$form.append("<input type='hidden' name='" + key + "' value='" + data[key] + "'>");
});
//Submit the form post
$form.submit();
}
Usage:
ajaxPostDownload('/fileController/ExportFile', {
DownloadToken: 'newDownloadToken',
Name: $txtName.val(),
Type: $txtType.val()
});
Controller Method:
[HttpPost]
public FileResult ExportFile(string DownloadToken, string Name, string Type)
{
//Set DownloadToken Cookie.
Response.SetCookie(new HttpCookie("downloadToken", DownloadToken)
{
Expires = DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(1),
Secure = false
});
using (var output = new MemoryStream())
{
//get File
return File(output.ToArray(), "application/vnd.ms-excel", "NewFile.xls");
}
}

I have tried Ajax and HttpRequest ways to get my result download file but I've failed, finally I've solved my problem using these steps:
implemented a simple hidden form in my html code:
<form method="post" id="post_form" style="display:none" action="amin.php" >
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="export_xlsx" />
<input type="hidden" name="post_form_data" value="" />
</form>
input with 'action' name is for calling function in my php code,
input with 'post_form_data' name for sending long data of a table which were not possible to send with GET. this data was encoded to json, and put json in input:
var list = new Array();
$('#table_name tr').each(function() {
var row = new Array();
$(this).find('td').each(function() {
row.push($(this).text());
});
list.push(row);
});
list = JSON.stringify(list);
$("input[name=post_form_data]").val(list);
now, the form is ready with my desire values in inputs, just need to trigger the submit.
document.getElementById('post_form').submit();
and done!
while my result is a file (xlsx file for me) the page wouldn't be redirected and instantly the file starts to download in last page, so no need to useiframe or window.open etc.
if you are trying to do something like this, this should be an easy trick 😉.

If you want to use jQuery File Download , please note this for IE.
You need to reset the response or it will not download
//The IE will only work if you reset response
getServletResponse().reset();
//The jquery.fileDownload needs a cookie be set
getServletResponse().setHeader("Set-Cookie", "fileDownload=true; path=/");
//Do the reset of your action create InputStream and return
Your action can implement ServletResponseAware to access getServletResponse()

It is certain that you can not do it through Ajax call.
However, there is a workaround.
Steps :
If you are using form.submit() for downloading the file, what you can do is :
Create an ajax call from client to server and store the file stream inside the session.
Upon "success" being returned from server, call your form.submit() to just stream the file stream stored in the session.
This is helpful in case when you want to decide whether or not file needs to be downloaded after making form.submit(), eg: there can be a case where on form.submit(), an exception occurs on the server side and instead of crashing, you might need to show a custom message on the client side, in such case this implementation might help.

there is another solution to download a web page in ajax. But I am referring to a page that must first be processed and then downloaded.
First you need to separate the page processing from the results download.
1) Only the page calculations are made in the ajax call.
$.post("CalculusPage.php", { calculusFunction: true, ID: 29, data1: "a", data2: "b" },
function(data, status)
{
if (status == "success")
{
/* 2) In the answer the page that uses the previous calculations is downloaded. For example, this can be a page that prints the results of a table calculated in the ajax call. */
window.location.href = DownloadPage.php+"?ID="+29;
}
}
);
// For example: in the CalculusPage.php
if ( !empty($_POST["calculusFunction"]) )
{
$ID = $_POST["ID"];
$query = "INSERT INTO ExamplePage (data1, data2) VALUES ('".$_POST["data1"]."', '".$_POST["data2"]."') WHERE id = ".$ID;
...
}
// For example: in the DownloadPage.php
$ID = $_GET["ID"];
$sede = "SELECT * FROM ExamplePage WHERE id = ".$ID;
...
$filename="Export_Data.xls";
header("Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel");
header("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=$filename");
...
I hope this solution can be useful for many, as it was for me.

That's it works so fine in any browser (I'm using asp.net core)
function onDownload() {
const api = '#Url.Action("myaction", "mycontroller")';
var form = new FormData(document.getElementById('form1'));
fetch(api, { body: form, method: "POST"})
.then(resp => resp.blob())
.then(blob => {
const url = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
$('#linkdownload').attr('download', 'Attachement.zip');
$('#linkdownload').attr("href", url);
$('#linkdownload')
.fadeIn(3000,
function() { });
})
.catch(() => alert('An error occurred'));
}
<button type="button" onclick="onDownload()" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">Click to Process Files</button>
<a role="button" href="#" style="display: none" class="btn btn-sm btn-secondary" id="linkdownload">Click to download Attachments</a>
<form asp-controller="mycontroller" asp-action="myaction" id="form1"></form>
function onDownload() {
const api = '#Url.Action("myaction", "mycontroller")';
//form1 is your id form, and to get data content of form
var form = new FormData(document.getElementById('form1'));
fetch(api, { body: form, method: "POST"})
.then(resp => resp.blob())
.then(blob => {
const url = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
$('#linkdownload').attr('download', 'Attachments.zip');
$('#linkdownload').attr("href", url);
$('#linkdownload')
.fadeIn(3000,
function() {
});
})
.catch(() => alert('An error occurred'));
}

I struggled with this issue for a long time. Finally an elegant external library suggested here helped me out.

Save Wikipedia image as an ImageIcon [duplicate]

Is there any way I can access the thumbnail picture of any wikipedia page by using an API? I mean the image on the top right side in box. Is there any APIs for that?

You can get the thumbnail of any wikipedia page using prop=pageimages. For example:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&titles=Al-Farabi&prop=pageimages&format=json&pithumbsize=100
And you will get the thumbnail full URL.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
Look at prop=images.
It returns an array of image filenames that are used in the parsed page. You then have the option of making another API call to find out the full image URL, e.g.:
action=query&titles=Image:INSERT_EXAMPLE_FILE_NAME_HERE.jpg&prop=imageinfo&iiprop=url
or to calculate the URL via the filename's hash.
Unfortunately, while the array of images returned by prop=images is in the order they are found on the page, the first can not be guaranteed to be the image in the info box because sometimes a page will include an image before the infobox (most of the time icons for metadata about the page: e.g. "this article is locked").
Searching the array of images for the first image that includes the page title is probably the best guess for the infobox image.

This is good way to get the Main Image of a page in wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=pageimages&format=json&piprop=original&titles=India

Check out the MediaWiki API example for getting the main picture of a wikipedia page: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Page_info_in_search_results.
As other's have mentioned, you would use prop=pageimages in your API query.
If you also want the image description, you would use prop=pageimages|pageterms instead in your API query.
You can get the original image using piprop=original. Or you can get a thumbnail image with a specified width/height. For a thumbnail with width/height=600, piprop=thumbnail&pithumbsize=600. If you omit either, the image returned in the API callback will default to a thumbnail with width/height of 50px.
If you are requesting results in JSON format, you should always use formatversion=2 in your API query (i.e., format=json&formatversion=2) because it makes retrieving the image from the query easier.
Original Size Image:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&format=json&formatversion=2&prop=pageimages|pageterms&piprop=original&titles=Albert Einstein
Thumbnail Size (600px width/height) Image:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&format=json&formatversion=2&prop=pageimages|pageterms&piprop=thumbnail&pithumbsize=600&titles=Albert Einstein

Way 1: You can try some query like this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=opensearch&limit=5&format=xml&search=italy&namespace=0
in the response, you can see the Image tag.
<Item>
<Text xml:space="preserve">Italy national rugby union team</Text>
<Description xml:space="preserve">
The Italy national rugby union team represent the nation of Italy in the sport of rugby union.
</Description>
<Url xml:space="preserve">
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_national_rugby_union_team
</Url>
<Image source="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/46/Italy_rugby.png/43px-Italy_rugby.png" width="43" height="50"/>
</Item>
Way 2: use query http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?action=render&title=italy
then you can get a raw html code, you can get the image use something like PHP Simple HTML DOM Parser
http://simplehtmldom.sourceforge.net
I have no time write it to you. just give you some advice, thanks.

I'm sorry for not answering specifically your question about the main image. But here's some code to get a list of all images:
function makeCall($url) {
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
return curl_exec($curl);
}
function wikipediaImageUrls($url) {
$imageUrls = array();
$pathComponents = explode('/', parse_url($url, PHP_URL_PATH));
$pageTitle = array_pop($pathComponents);
$imagesQuery = "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&titles={$pageTitle}&prop=images&format=json";
$jsonResponse = makeCall($imagesQuery);
$response = json_decode($jsonResponse, true);
$imagesKey = key($response['query']['pages']);
foreach($response['query']['pages'][$imagesKey]['images'] as $imageArray) {
if($imageArray['title'] != 'File:Commons-logo.svg' && $imageArray['title'] != 'File:P vip.svg') {
$title = str_replace('File:', '', $imageArray['title']);
$title = str_replace(' ', '_', $title);
$imageUrlQuery = "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&titles=Image:{$title}&prop=imageinfo&iiprop=url&format=json";
$jsonUrlQuery = makeCall($imageUrlQuery);
$urlResponse = json_decode($jsonUrlQuery, true);
$imageKey = key($urlResponse['query']['pages']);
$imageUrls[] = $urlResponse['query']['pages'][$imageKey]['imageinfo'][0]['url'];
}
}
return $imageUrls;
}
print_r(wikipediaImageUrls('http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_%28mythology%29'));
print_r(wikipediaImageUrls('http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Ulrich_Rudel'));
I got this for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_%28mythology%29:
Array
(
[0] => http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Arch_of_SeptimiusSeverus.jpg
[1] => http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Ivan_Akimov_Saturn_.jpg
[2] => http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Lucius_Appuleius_Saturninus.jpg
[3] => http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Polidoro_da_Caravaggio_-_Saturnus-thumb.jpg
[4] => http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Porta_Maggiore_Alatri.jpg
[5] => http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/She-wolf_suckles_Romulus_and_Remus.jpg
[6] => http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Throne_of_Saturn_Louvre_Ma1662.jpg
)
And for the second URL (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Ulrich_Rudel):
Array
(
[0] => http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/BmRKEL.jpg
[1] => http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/BmRKELS.jpg
[2] => http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-655-5976-04%2C_Russland%2C_Sturzkampfbomber_Junkers_Ju_87_G.jpg
[3] => http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Bundeswehr_Kreuz_Black.svg
[4] => http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Flag_of_German_Reich_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg
[5] => http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/64/HansUlrichRudel.jpeg
[6] => http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Heinkel_He_111_during_the_Battle_of_Britain.jpg
[7] => http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Regulation_WW_II_Underwing_Balkenkreuz.png
)
Note that the URL changed a bit on the 6th element of the second array. It's what #JosephJaber was warning about in his comment above.
Hope this helps someone.

I have written some code that gets main image (full URL) by Wikipedia article title. It's not perfect, but overall I'm very pleased with the results.
The challenge was that when queried for a specific title, Wikipedia returns multiple image filenames (without path). Furthermore, the secondary search (I used the code varatis posted in this thread - thanks!) returns URLs of all images found based on the image filename that was searched, regardless of the original article title. After all this, we may end up with a generic image irrelevant to the search, so we filter those out. The code iterates over filenames and URLs until it finds (hopefully the best) match... a bit complicated, but it works :)
Note on the generic filter: I've been compiling a list of generic image strings for the isGeneric() function, but the list just keeps growing. I am considering maintaining it as a public list - if there is any interest let me know.
Pre:
protected static $baseurl = "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
Main function - get image URL from title:
public static function getImageURL($title)
{
$images = self::getImageFilenameObj($title); // returns JSON object
if (!$images) return '';
foreach ($images as $image)
{
// get object of image URL for given filename
$imgjson = self::getFileURLObj($image->title);
// return first image match
foreach ($imgjson as $img)
{
// get URL for image
$url = $img->imageinfo[0]->url;
// no image found
if (!$url) continue;
// filter generic images
if (self::isGeneric($url)) continue;
// match found
return $url;
}
}
// match not found
return '';
}
== The following functions are called by the main function above ==
Get JSON object (filenames) by title:
public static function getImageFilenameObj($title)
{
try // see if page has images
{
// get image file name
$json = json_decode(
self::retrieveInfo(
self::$baseurl . '?action=query&titles=' .
urlencode($title) . '&prop=images&format=json'
))->query->pages;
/** The foreach is only to get around
* the fact that we don't have the id.
*/
foreach ($json as $id) { return $id->images; }
}
catch(exception $e) // no images
{
return NULL;
}
}
Get JSON object (URLs) by filename:
public static function getFileURLObj($filename)
{
try // resolve URL from filename
{
return json_decode(
self::retrieveInfo(
self::$baseurl . '?action=query&titles=' .
urlencode($filename) . '&prop=imageinfo&iiprop=url&format=json'
))->query->pages;
}
catch(exception $e) // no URLs
{
return NULL;
}
}
Filter out generic images:
public static function isGeneric($url)
{
$generic_strings = array(
'_gray.svg',
'icon',
'Commons-logo.svg',
'Ambox',
'Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg',
'Question_book-new.svg',
'Canadese_kano',
'Wiki_letter_',
'Edit-clear.svg',
'WPanthroponymy',
'Compass_rose_pale',
'Us-actor.svg',
'voting_box',
'Crystal_',
'transportation_inv',
'arrow.svg',
'Quill_and_ink-US.svg',
'Decrease2.svg',
'Rating-',
'template',
'Nuvola_apps_',
'Mergefrom.svg',
'Portal-',
'Translation_to_',
'/School.svg',
'arrow',
'Symbol_',
'stub',
'Unbalanced_scales.svg',
'-logo.',
'P_vip.svg',
'Books-aj.svg_aj_ashton_01.svg',
'Film',
'/Gnome-',
'cap.svg',
'Missing',
'silhouette',
'Star_empty.svg',
'Music_film_clapperboard.svg',
'IPA_Unicode',
'symbol',
'_highlighting_',
'pictogram',
'Red_pog.svg',
'_medal_with_cup',
'_balloon',
'Feature',
'Aiga_'
);
foreach ($generic_strings as $str)
{
if (stripos($url, $str) !== false) return true;
}
return false;
}
Comments welcome.

Lets take Example of Page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=57570
to get Main Pic
Check out
prop=pageprops
action=query&pageids=57570&prop=pageprops&format=json
Results Page Data Eg.
{ "pages" : { "57570":{
"pageid":57570,
"ns":0,
"title":"Sachin Tendulkar",
"pageprops" : {
"defaultsort":"Tendulkar,Sachin",
"page_image":"Sachin_at_Castrol_Golden_Spanner_Awards_(crop).jpg",
"wikibase_item":"Q9488"
}
}
}
}}
We get main Pic file name this result as
** (wikiId).pageprops.page_image = Sachin_at_Castrol_Golden_Spanner_Awards_(crop).jpg**
Now as we have Image file name we will have to make another Api Call to get full image path from file name as follows
action=query&titles=Image:INSERT_EXAMPLE_FILE_NAME_HERE.jpg&prop=imageinfo&iiprop=url
Eg.
action=query&titles=Image:Sachin_at_Castrol_Golden_Spanner_Awards_(crop).jpg&prop=imageinfo&iiprop=url
Returns Array of Image Data having url in it as
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Sachin_at_Castrol_Golden_Spanner_Awards_%28crop%29.jpg

I there is a way to reliably get a main image for a wikipedia page - the Extension called PageImages
The PageImages extension collects information about images used on a page.
Its aim is to return the single most appropriate thumbnail associated
with an article, attempting to return only meaningful images, e.g. not
those from maintenance templates, stubs or flag icons. Currently it
uses the first non-meaningless image used in the page.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:PageImages
Just add the prop pageimages to your API Query:
/w/api.php?action=query&prop=pageimages&titles=Somepage&format=xml
This reliably filters out annoying default images and prevents you from having to filter them yourself! The extension is installed on all the main wikipedia pages...

Like Anuraj mentioned, the pageimages parameter is it. Look at the following url that'll bring about some nifty stuff:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=info|extracts|pageimages|images&inprop=url&exsentences=1&titles=india
Her are some interesting parameters:
The two parameters extracts and exsentences gives you a short
description you can use. (exsentences is the number of sentences you want to include in the excerpt)
The info and the inprop=url parameters gives you the url of the page
The prop property has multiple parameters separated by a bar symbol
And if you insert the format=json in there, it is even better

See this related question on an API for Wikipedia. However, I would not know if it is possible to retrieve the thumbnail picture through an API.
You can also consider just parsing the web page to find the image URL, and retrieve the image that way.

Here is my list of XPaths I have found work for 95 percent of articles. the main ones are 1, 2 3 and 4. A lot of articles are not formatted correctly and these would be edge cases:
You can use a DOM parsing lib to fetch image using the XPath.
static NSString *kWikipediaImageXPath2 = #"//*[#id=\"mw-content-text\"]/div[1]/div/table/tr[2]/td/a/img";
static NSString *kWikipediaImageXPath3 = #"//*[#id=\"mw-content-text\"]/div[1]/table/tr[1]/td/a/img";
static NSString *kWikipediaImageXPath1 = #"//*[#id=\"mw-content-text\"]/div[1]/table/tr[2]/td/a/img";
static NSString *kWikipediaImageXPath4 = #"//*[#id=\"mw-content-text\"]/div[2]/table/tr[2]/td/a/img";
static NSString *kWikipediaImageXPath5 = #"//*[#id=\"mw-content-text\"]/div[1]/table/tr[2]/td/p/a/img";
static NSString *kWikipediaImageXPath6 = #"//*[#id=\"mw-content-text\"]/div[1]/table/tr[2]/td/div/div/a/img";
static NSString *kWikipediaImageXPath7 = #"//*[#id=\"mw-content-text\"]/div[1]/table/tr[1]/td/div/div/a/img";
I used a ObjC wrapper called Hpple around libxml2.2 to pull out the image url. Hope this helps

You can also use cocoa Pod called SDWebImage
Code sample (remember to also add import SDWebImage):
func requestInfo(flowerName: String) {
let parameters : [String:String] = [
"format" : "json",
"action" : "query",
"prop" : "extracts|pageimages",//pageimages allows fetch imagePath
"exintro" : "",
"explaintext" : "",
"titles" : flowerName,
"indexpageids" : "",
"redirects" : "1",
"pithumbsize" : "500"//specify image size in px
]
AF.request(wikipediaURL, method: .get, parameters: parameters).responseJSON { (response) in
switch response.result {
case .success(let value):
print("Got the wikipedia info.")
print(response)
let flowerJSON : JSON = JSON(response.value!)
let pageid = flowerJSON["query"]["pageids"][0].stringValue
let flowerDescription = flowerJSON["query"]["pages"][pageid]["extract"].stringValue
let flowerImageURL = flowerJSON["query"]["pages"][pageid]["thumbnail"]["source"].stringValue //fetching Image URL
self.wikiInfoLabel.text = flowerDescription
self.imageView.sd_setImage(with: URL(string : flowerImageURL))//imageView updated with Wiki Image
case .failure(let error):
print(error)
}
}
}

I think not, but you can capture the image using a link parser HTML documents

Which Java-Datatype is required when calling JavaScript-Method

I'm trying to call a JavaScript-Method from within my JavaFX-WebView via:
JSObject win = (JSObject)getEngine().executeScript("window");
win.call("showPDF", myPDFFile /*typeof java.io.File*/);
the result of this call is:
Invalid parameter object: need either .data, .range or .url
This is the JavaScript-Part (not by me), which throws the error:
var source;
if (typeof src === 'string') {
source = { url: src };
} else if (isArrayBuffer(src)) {
source = { data: src };
} else if (src instanceof PDFDataRangeTransport) {
source = { range: src };
} else {
if (typeof src !== 'object') {
error('Invalid parameter in getDocument, need either Uint8Array, ' +
'string or a parameter object');
}
if (!src.url && !src.data && !src.range) {
error('Invalid parameter object: need either .data, .range or .url');
}
}
Implementation of isArrayBuffer:
function isArrayBuffer(v) {
return typeof v === 'object' && v !== null && v.byteLength !== undefined;
}
So my question is:
What type of (java) object could be used so that this call might work?
win.call("showPDF", ???);
EDIT 1:
String cannot be used, because it will be treated as a URL.
I would like to commit something like a ByteArray (my concrete file), but using a byte[] (instead of java.io.File) causes the same error.
Here are some comments from the JS function above:
https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/blob/master/src/display/api.js#L234
This is the main entry point for loading a PDF and interacting with it.
NOTE: If a URL is used to fetch the PDF data a standard XMLHttpRequest(XHR)
is used, which means it must follow the same origin rules that any XHR does
e.g. No cross domain requests without CORS.
#param {string|TypedArray|DocumentInitParameters|PDFDataRangeTransport} src
Can be a url to where a PDF is located, a typed array (Uint8Array)
already populated with data or parameter object.
What Datatype i have to use (in JAVA), so it will be a (e.g) TypedArray (Uint8Array) in JAVASCRIPT?
EDIT 2:
I was trying Aarons suggestion:
String encoded = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(Files.readAllBytes(myPDFFile.toPath()));
engine.executeScript("var src = _base64ToArrayBuffer('"+encoded+"'); showPDF(src);");
This causes a new problem:
Error: Invalid PDF binary data: either typed array, string or array-like object is expected in the data property.
This (new) error is thrown (few lines later) here: https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/blob/master/src/display/api.js#L291
console.log(_base64ToArrayBuffer(encoded)) returns: [object ArrayBuffer]
Solution:
I managed to make this work (with help of Aaron):
pdfViewer.html
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="web/compatibility.js"></script>
<script src="build/pdf.js"></script>
<script>
function _base64ToBinaryString(base64) {
var binary_string = window.atob(base64);
return binary_string;
}
function showPDF(pdfFile) {
console.log('calling showPDF...');
'use strict';
PDFJS.disableWorker = true; /* IMPORTANT TO DISABLE! */
PDFJS.workerSrc = 'build/pdf.worker.js';
console.log('TRYING TO GET DOCUMENT FROM BINARY DATA...');
PDFJS.getDocument({data: pdfFile}).then(function(pdf)
{
console.log('PDF LOADED.');
console.log('TRYING TO GET PAGE 1...');
pdf.getPage(1).then(function(page) {
console.log('PAGE 1 LOADED.');
var scale = 1.0;
var viewport = page.getViewport(scale);
var canvas = document.getElementById('the-canvas');
var context = canvas.getContext('2d');
canvas.height = viewport.height;
canvas.width = viewport.width;
var renderContext = {
canvasContext: context,
viewport: viewport
};
console.log('RENDERING PAGE 1...');
page.render(renderContext);
});
});
};
</script>
</head>
<body>
<canvas id="the-canvas" style="border:1px solid black;"/>
</body>
</html>
After loading the above HTML-Page into the WebView,
following Java-Code is used to load a PDF-File into the Page:
String encoded = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(Files.readAllBytes(myPdfFile.toPath()));
webEngine.executeScript("var src = _base64ToBinaryString('"+encoded+"'); showPDF(src);");

Try myPDFFile.getURI().getURL().toString() since the method accepts URLs in the form of Strings. Since WebKit is running locally, you should be able to read file:// URLs.
If you want to try the ArrayBuffer, then you can find some examples in the MDN JavaScript documentation at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/ArrayBuffer
That means you need to create a FileReader, pass the URL, handle the asynchronous events. I only recommend this if you know JavaScript fairly well.
Unfortunately, the examples are all geared towards handling files in a web page, not passing data into a page.
[EDIT] Here is an example how to convert a Base64 encoded string to ArrayBuffer: Convert base64 string to ArrayBuffer
So you need the load the file into a Java byte[] array. Then convert the array to a Base64 encoded Java String. You can then paste this into dynamic JavaScript:
String encoded = ...byte[] -> Base64...
getEngine().executeScript("var src = _base64ToArrayBuffer('"+encoded+"'); showPDF(src);");

How to call java method using javascript in ZK MVVM?

I am using Edraw Office Viewer component to open & edit the file. I want to save my file to my destination point so I am using JavaScript to save the file. But I am stuck at a point. I am showing my code below to save document using JavaScript.
function f_saveDocument(){
if(document.OA1.IsOpened)
{
var saveAsFileName = document.getElementById('hdnFileName').value;
alert(saveAsFileName);
var fileFormat = saveAsFileName.substring(saveAsFileName.lastIndexOf("."));
if(fileFormat == '.docx') {
var toUnLockFile = 'MergeTest'+fileFormat;
var tempFileLocation = document.OA1.GetTempFilePath(saveAsFileName);
var tempToUnLockFileLocation = document.OA1.GetTempFilePath(toUnLockFile);
document.OA1.SaveAs(tempFileLocation,12);
document.OA1.SaveAs(tempToUnLockFileLocation,12);
document.OA1.HttpInit();
document.OA1.HttpAddPostFile(tempFileLocation);
document.OA1.HttpPost("");
document.OA1.ClearTempFiles();
} else {
alert("asdsa");
document.OA1.HttpInit();
document.OA1.HttpAddPostOpenedFile(saveAsFileName);
**zAu.send(new zk.Event(zk.Widget.$('$btnSave'), "saveFile", {'' : {'data' : {'nodeId': ''}}}, {toServer:true}));**
alert("moved");
}
}
In case of JSP page I can put my JSP URL in HttpPost but in case of ZK how to move from this JavaScript to Java method. So to overcome this problem I am using Widget to call saveFile() method which is in my viewmodel class. But zAu.send is not working fine. Can any body tell other solution to call my Java method from JavaScript in ZK MVVM.

Your code is simply wrong
zAu.send(new zk.Event(zk.Widget.$('$btnSave'), "onSaveFile", {'' : {'data' : {'nodeId': ''}}}, {toServer:true}));
Event names must start with on so this will fire a onSaveFile
event to the Component with id btnSave. Just listen to it.