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Java-backed webscript to return a file (comes in byte[] format)

sunquanbin — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:17:28 GMT

Hi Everyone,My scenario is that I have a Java-backed webscript which interacts with third-party library and as a result, a file is returned (in byte[] type). My question is how can I convert this byte[] into a file and pass it back in the webscript response (I only knew how to create a JSON response

Re: Java-backed webscript to return a file (comes in byte[] format)

mrogers — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:26:28 GMT

Yes you could do that.

Or you could write your content to the webscript response, either in binary or appropriately encoded.

Do you want JSON as the result of your webscript or the byte[] stream?

Re: Java-backed webscript to return a file (comes in byte[] format)

sunquanbin — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:42:00 GMT

Hi,

I'm now using the webscript provide by default. I put the following url in an html <a> tag:

Host/api/node/content/workspace/SpacesStore/{nodeRef}/filename.ext?a=true, and the user can download the file by click the link.

I'm extends the "AbscractWebscript" class to handle the webscript and it can only write JSON response (or I only know this way).

Would you please provide more information of how I can do it via the approaches you mentioned?

Thanks in advance,

Sun