create sitecore item as pdf - pdf

Question

Hi i am doing kind of migrating other cms to sitecore now.
So my requirement is to viewing pdf in the respective url..
Existing site url : DOMAIN.COM/pressrelease/one
And this will show PDF content in a browser.
New site expected Url: NEWDOMAIN.COM/pressrelease/one
Similarly on my sitecore content i try to create under root one pressrelease item and its child is one.pdf. But i cant able to view my pdf after this when i gave url like NEWDOMAIN.COM/pressrelease/one.
And need expected behaviour is to open a pdf file in a browser as like media (/-/media/pressrelease/one)items are can able to view.

Answer 1

Create AllowedExtensions.config in App_config/include folder(if it does not exist already) and add the following sitecore configuration.The configuration makes sure that pdfs are allowed via URL.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration xmlns:patch="http://www.sitecore.net/xmlconfig/">
<sitecore>
<pipelines>
<preprocessRequest>
<processor type="Sitecore.Pipelines.PreprocessRequest.FilterUrlExtensions, Sitecore.Kernel">
<param desc="Allowed extensions (comma separated)">aspx, ashx, asmx, xml, txt,pdf,png</param>
<param desc="Blocked extensions (comma separated)">*</param>
<param desc="Blocked extensions that stream files (comma separated)">*</param>
<param desc="Blocked extensions that do not stream files (comma separated)"/>
</processor>
</preprocessRequest>
</pipelines>
</sitecore>
</configuration>

Answer 2

I have solved my case using below solution
First i have created one content item NEWDOMAIN.COM/pressrelease/one.
This item having two fields from my template, like shown below.
Then i have some separate Layout file for this content item, In the Layout i have created the code for displaying pdf.(Also in some Layouts i can able to download file too using this approach.)
if(mediaResult.mediaItem != null)
{
HttpContext.Current.Response.Clear();
HttpContext.Current.Response.ContentType = mediaResult.mediaItem.MimeType;
HttpContext.Current.Response.AppendHeader("Content-Disposition", string.Format("inline;filename=\"{0}\"", mediaResult.mediaName));
HttpContext.Current.Response.StatusCode = (int)HttpStatusCode.OK;
HttpContext.Current.Response.BufferOutput = true;
// Copy the media stream to the response output stream
mediaResult.mediaItem.GetMediaStream().CopyTo(HttpContext.Current.Response.OutputStream);
// As momma always said: Always remember to flush
HttpContext.Current.Response.Flush();
HttpContext.Current.Response.End();
}