[cgiapp] Serve Algorithmically generated PDF

[Rhesa "perl" Rozendaal]

I serve pdf files through cgiapp as well. Here's how my runmode looks like:

     sub receipt {
         my $self = shift;
         my $pdf = '<the raw pdf data>';
         $self->header_add( -type => 'application/pdf');
         return $pdf;
     }

rhesa

On 07/12/2023 18:50, jerry wrote:
> Hello!
>
>   I have a CGI::App - based application that I have been writing & 
> expanding since 2006.  At this time,
> I'm trying to serve PDF data that is algorithmically generated. 
> Specifically, I use a fillable form, an
> "FDF" file to create a filled out PDF from a web form.
>
>   When I try to have a run mode directly serve a PDF, the browser 
> chokes and displays pages of binary garbage.  If, OTOH, I create the 
> file and then have the user click a separate button to serve it,( not 
> a run mode, just an HTML link to the actual file ) the PDF renders 
> normally.
>
> I tried specifying PDF in the header:
>
> $cgi->header( -type => 'application/pdf' )
>
> The browser then shows the same garbage, just prefixed by 
> "application/pdf".
>
> Here's a snippet of what's seen on the browser:
> ----------snip----------------
> Content-Type: application/pdf; charset=ISO-8859-1 %PDF-1.6 %§ãññ 2 0 obj
> -------- endsnip --------------
>
> Can anybody supply a clue?  I can always get these files in a two-step 
> process - "generate PDF", and then
> "get PDF", but that's a little hokey, even if I use javascript to only 
> create the "get PDF" button when there is actually a PDF to get.
>
>                        - jerry at tr2.com
>
>
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