I have the REST Service Code Below code which returns a File ,now the problem is in the response body on the PostMan Client I get a raw response ,how can I can convert it so that it displays the contents of the file to the client ,Goal is to return a file to the user .File Name is "File1.jpeg"
Code:
@RequestMapping(value = URIConstansts.GET_FILE, produces = { "application/json" }, method = RequestMethod.GET)
public @ResponseBody ResponseEntity getFile(@RequestParam(value="fileName", required=false) String fileName,HttpServletRequest request) throws IOException{
ResponseEntity respEntity = null;
byte[] reportBytes = null;
File result=new File("/home/arpit/Documents/PCAP/dummyPath/"+fileName);
if(result.exists()){
InputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream("/home/arpit/Documents/PCAP/dummyPath/"+fileName);
byte[]out=org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.toByteArray(inputStream);
HttpHeaders responseHeaders = new HttpHeaders();
responseHeaders.add("content-disposition", "attachment; filename=" + fileName);
respEntity = new ResponseEntity(out, responseHeaders,HttpStatus.OK);
}else{
respEntity = new ResponseEntity ("File Not Found", HttpStatus.OK);
}
return respEntity;
}
The code below solved my problem:
@RequestMapping(value = URIConstansts.GET_FILE, produces = { "application/json" }, method = RequestMethod.GET)
public @ResponseBody ResponseEntity getFile(@RequestParam(value="fileName", required=false) String fileName,HttpServletRequest request) throws IOException{
ResponseEntity respEntity = null;
byte[] reportBytes = null;
File result=new File("/home/arpit/Documents/PCAP/dummyPath/"+fileName);
if(result.exists()){
InputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream("/home/arpit/Documents/PCAP/dummyPath/"+fileName);
String type=result.toURL().openConnection().guessContentTypeFromName(fileName);
byte[]out=org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.toByteArray(inputStream);
HttpHeaders responseHeaders = new HttpHeaders();
responseHeaders.add("content-disposition", "attachment; filename=" + fileName);
responseHeaders.add("Content-Type",type);
respEntity = new ResponseEntity(out, responseHeaders,HttpStatus.OK);
}else{
respEntity = new ResponseEntity ("File Not Found", HttpStatus.OK);
}
return respEntity;
}
You need to use different content type instead of produces = { application/json" }
Content-types
http://silk.nih.gov/public/zzyzzap.@www.silk.types.html
If it still dont work then try to get HttpServletResponse and write your file data to Stream with
response.setContentType();
Note :: Recently I have use response.getOutputStream to write a Excel file. Due to some reasons setting produces wasnt working for me.
Also you can use Firebug in firefox to see Response headers.