I am trying to get a pdf of a div in my view.
I am doing the following: I get the element, uri encode its html, then pass it to a method via ajax:
AJAX:
function getPDF(html) {
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "@Url.Action("printPage")",
data: { html: encodeURIComponent(html) }
}).done(function (result) {
window.open("data:application/pdf; " + result);
$("#printArea").html(result);
}).fail(function (data) {
alert("Failed");
});
}
Method:
[HttpPost]
public void printPage(string html)
{
String decoded = System.Uri.UnescapeDataString(html);
var cd = new System.Net.Mime.ContentDisposition
{
FileName = "something.pdf",
Inline = false
};
Response.AppendHeader("Content-Disposition", cd.ToString());
var mem = Bcs.Common.Utilities.HTMLtoPDF.getPDF(decoded);
//var base64EncodedPDF = System.Convert.ToBase64String(pdfByteArray);
Response.BinaryWrite(mem.ToArray());
//return File(mem, System.Net.Mime.MediaTypeNames.Application.Octet);
}
In the end I get a popup to open a pdf but it won't open, according to adobe acrobat it is corrupt.
I tried sending the html as a perameter to the method, but the perameter is too long
HTTP Error 404.15 - Not Found The request filtering module is configured to deny a request where the query string is too long.
What would be a good way of doing this.