I am working on pdf generation, it is successfully implemented using itextsharp.dll. It’s working fine on local environment after publish also. We have our own server at other site
But same code doesn't work on the server,pdf is not generated instead it gives an error: 'The document has no pages.'
Initially I thought it is due to no data in document but it works locally with or without data in the document.
I had code implemented as follows to make a web request Is any problem in that ??
try
{
var myHttpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(strPdfData + "?objpatId=" + patID);
var response = myHttpWebRequest.GetResponse();
myHttpWebRequest.Timeout = 900000;
var stream = response.GetResponseStream();
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(stream);
content = sr.ReadToEnd();
}
create a method in the controller:
[HttpGet]
public JsonResult GetFile()
{
var json = new WebClient().DownloadFile(string address, string fileName);
//This code is just to convert the file to json you can keep it in file format and send to the view
dynamic result = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(json);
var oc = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<countdata[]>(Convert.ToString(result.countdata));
return Json(oc, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}
In the view just call this function:
#Url.Action('genPDF','GetFile');
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I have a Blazor Application which had files uploaded to a upload folder on the web server. I am in the process of trying to figure out the code to download an uploaded file in the browser for retrieval and viewing. Right now the code is as below (the download part from code examples on the internet)
public void FileDetailsToolbarClickHandler(Syncfusion.Blazor.Navigations.ClickEventArgs args)
{
string path = null;
string uploads = System.IO.Path.Combine(System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "wwwroot\\uploads");
path = uploads + "\\" + SelectedFileName;
if (args.Item.Text == "Delete")
{
//Code for Deleting goes here
//UploadRef.Remove();
if (System.IO.File.Exists(path))
{
System.IO.File.Delete(path);
}
FileDetailsService.FileDetailsDelete(SelectedFileId); //NavigationManager.NavigateTo($"/ServiceRequestNotes/servicerequestnoteadd");
NavigationManager.NavigateTo($"/ServiceRequests/serviceRequestsaddedit2/{Id}", forceLoad: true);
}
else
{
// its a download
IFileProvider provider = new PhysicalFileProvider(uploads);
IFileInfo fileinfo = provider.GetFileInfo(path + SelectedFileName);
var readStream = fileinfo.CreateReadStream();
var mimeType = "application/pdf";
return File(readStream, mimeType, SelectedFileName);
}
}
On the last statement I am a getting the following error message
non-invocable member 'File' cannot be used like a method error message
What am I missing or do I need to change or add to have the output from the readstream render to the browser?
The blazor application is a blazor server app not WASM. It does not make use of API controllers.
Any advice?
This is a void method. You can't return anything at all. Also, if you're trying to instantiate a File object, you'd have to use the new keyword.
I got an assignment to see if I can make power app that will generate some PDF file for end user to see.
After through research on this topic I found out that this is not an easy to achieve :)
In order to make power app generate and download/show generated pdf I made these steps:
Created power app with just one button :) to call Azure function from step 2
Created Azure function that will generate and return pdf as StreamContent
Due to power app limitations (or I just could not find the way) there was no way for me to get pdf from response inside power app.
After this, I changed my Azure function to create new blob entry but know I have problem to get URL for that new entry inside Azure function in order to return this to power app and then use inside power app Download function
My Azure function code is below
using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using Aspose.Words;
public static async Task<HttpResponseMessage> Run(HttpRequestMessage req, TraceWriter log, Stream outputBlob)
{
log.Info($"C# HTTP trigger function processed a request. RequestUri={req.RequestUri}");
var dataDir = #"D:/home";
var docFile = $"{dataDir}/word-templates/WordAutomationTest.docx";
var uid = Guid.NewGuid().ToString().Replace("-", "");
var pdfFile = $"{dataDir}/pdf-export/WordAutomationTest_{uid}.pdf";
var doc = new Document(docFile);
doc.Save(pdfFile);
var result = new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK);
var stream = new FileStream(pdfFile, FileMode.Open);
stream.CopyTo(outputBlob);
// result.Content = new StreamContent(stream);
// result.Content.Headers.ContentDisposition = new ContentDispositionHeaderValue("attachment");
// result.Content.Headers.ContentDisposition.FileName = Path.GetFileName(pdfFile);
// result.Content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("application/octet-stream");
// result.Content.Headers.ContentLength = stream.Length;
return result;
}
I left old code (the one that streams pdf back under comments just as reference of what I tried)
Is there any way to get download URL for newly generated blob entry inside Azure function?
Is there any better way to make power app generate and download/show generated PDF?
P.S. I tried to use PDFViewer control inside power app, but this control is completely useless cause U can not set Document value via function
EDIT: Response from #mathewc helped me a lot to finally wrap this up. All details are below.
New Azure function that works as expected
#r "Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage"
using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using Aspose.Words;
using Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.Blob;
public static async Task<HttpResponseMessage> Run(HttpRequestMessage req, TraceWriter log, CloudBlockBlob outputBlob)
{
log.Info($"C# HTTP trigger function processed a request. RequestUri={req.RequestUri}");
var dataDir = #"D:/home";
var docFile = $"{dataDir}/word-templates/WordAutomationTest.docx";
var uid = Guid.NewGuid().ToString().Replace("-", "");
var pdfFile = $"{dataDir}/pdf-export/WordAutomationTest_{uid}.pdf";
var doc = new Document(docFile);
doc.Save(pdfFile);
var result = new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK);
var stream = new FileStream(pdfFile, FileMode.Open);
outputBlob.UploadFromStream(stream);
return req.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, outputBlob.Uri);
}
REMARKS:
Wee need to add "WindowsAzure.Storage" : "7.2.1" inside project.json. This package MUST be the same version as one with same name that is in %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Azure.Functions.Cli
If you change your blob output binding type from Stream to CloudBlockBlob you will have access to CloudBlockBlob.Uri which is the blob path you require (documentation here). You can then return that Uri back to your Power App. You can use CloudBlockBlob.UploadFromStreamAsync to upload your PDF Stream to the blob.
I have searched high and low for this one and can't seem to find a way of accessing the Request.Content in an MVC web api. I basically am trying to create a File Service to and from Azure Blob and Table storage (table for storing metadata about the file, blob for the actual file)....
I was converting the steps in the following link, but this is where I have come unstuck
the back end I have working but can't find a way of the new unified controller passing a fileobject from json post through to the service! Any ideas would be greatly appreciated as always... or am I just going about this the wrong way?
Article here....
UPDATE: so to clarify, what I am trying to do in the new MVC 6 (where you no longer have an apicontroller to inherit from) is to access a file that has been uploaded to the api from a JSON post. That is the long and short of what I am trying to achieve.
I am trying to use the article based on the old Web API which uses the Request.Content to access it, however even if I use the WebAPIShim which they provide I still come unstuck with other objects or properties that are no longer available so I'm wondering if I need to approach it a different way, but either way, all I am trying to do is to get a file from a JSON post to a MVC 6 Web api and pass that file to my back end service....
ANY IDEAS?
Here is an example without relying on model binding.
You can always find the request data in Request.Body, or use Request.Form to get the request body as a form.
[HttpPost]
public async Task<IActionResult> UploadFile()
{
if (Request.Form.Files != null && Request.Form.Files.Count > 0)
{
var file = Request.Form.Files[0];
var contentType = file.ContentType;
using (var fileStream = file.OpenReadStream())
{
using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
{
await fileStream.CopyToAsync(memoryStream);
// do what you want with memoryStream.ToArray()
}
}
}
return new JsonResult(new { });
}
If the only thing in your request is a File you can use the IFormFile class in your action:
public FileDetails UploadSingle(IFormFile file)
{
FileDetails fileDetails;
using (var reader = new StreamReader(file.OpenReadStream()))
{
var fileContent = reader.ReadToEnd();
var parsedContentDisposition = ContentDispositionHeaderValue.Parse(file.ContentDisposition);
fileDetails = new FileDetails
{
Filename = parsedContentDisposition.FileName,
Content = fileContent
};
}
return fileDetails;
}
I have two sites: one of them controls the other sending some commands through Web API. The idea is: the action of the controller site sends a command to the other site, gets the response and perform some business rules, without redirecting to the other site.
I have tons of examples explaining how to implement this via jQuery, but I want to make the controller post the data to the other site, instead of the view.
I found an approach at this answer: How to use System.Net.HttpClient to post a complex type?, but I want the answer for an JSON approach.
Can someone post a simple example using JSON showing how to do this?
As I didn't find a brief answer to my question, I'll post the solution I've made.
As the method uses an HttpClient method that requires async statements, the action below was implemented retuning a Task<ActionResult>. Another modification is if you're saving an object in context.
Instead of using:
context.SaveChanges();
You'll have to use:
await context.SaveChangesAsync();
The code below implements an Action from an ASP.NET MVC4 Controller:
[HttpPost]
public async Task<ActionResult> Create(MyModel model)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
// Logic to save the model.
// I usually reload saved data using something kind of the statement below:
var inserted = context.MyModels
.AsNoTracking()
.Where(m => m.SomeCondition == someVariable)
.SingleOrDefault();
// Send Command.
// APIMyModel is a simple class with public properties.
var apiModel = new APIMyModel();
apiModel.AProperty = inserted.AProperty;
apiModel.AnotherProperty = inserted.AnotherProperty;
DataContractJsonSerializer jsonSer = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(APIMyModel));
// use the serializer to write the object to a MemoryStream
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
jsonSer.WriteObject(ms, apiModel);
ms.Position = 0;
//use a Stream reader to construct the StringContent (Json)
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(ms);
// Note if the JSON is simple enough you could ignore the 5 lines above that do the serialization and construct it yourself
// then pass it as the first argument to the StringContent constructor
StringContent theContent = new StringContent(sr.ReadToEnd(), System.Text.Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
HttpClient aClient = new HttpClient();
Uri theUri = new Uri("http://yoursite/api/TheAPIAction");
HttpResponseMessage aResponse = await aClient.PostAsync(theUri, theContent);
if (aResponse.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
// Success Logic. Yay!
}
else
{
// show the response status code
String failureMsg = "HTTP Status: " + aResponse.StatusCode.ToString() + " - Reason: " + aResponse.ReasonPhrase;
}
return RedirectToAction("Index");
}
// if Model is not valid, you can put your logic to reload ViewBag properties here.
}
Updated my MVC3/.Net 4.5/Azure solution to MVC4.
My code for uploading an image to blob storage appears to fail each time in the upgraded MVC4 solution. However, when I run my MVC3 solution works fine. Code that does the uploading, in a DLL, has not changed.
I’ve uploaded the same image file in the MVC3 and MVC4 solution. I’ve inspected in the stream and it appears to be fine. In both instance I am running the code locally on my machine and my connections point to blob storage in cloud.
Any pointers for debugging? Any known issues that I may not be aware of when upgrading to MVC4?
Here is my upload code:
public string AddImage(string pathName, string fileName, Stream image)
{
var client = _storageAccount.CreateCloudBlobClient();
client.RetryPolicy = RetryPolicies.Retry(3, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
var container = client.GetContainerReference(AzureStorageNames.ImagesBlobContainerName);
image.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
var blob = container.GetBlobReference(Path.Combine(pathName, fileName));
blob.Properties.ContentType = "image/jpeg";
blob.UploadFromStream(image);
return blob.Uri.ToString();
}
I managed to fix it. For some reason reading the stream directly from the HttpPostFileBase wasn't working. Simply copy it into a new memorystream solved it.
My code
public string StoreImage(string album, HttpPostedFileBase image)
{
var blobStorage = storageAccount.CreateCloudBlobClient();
var container = blobStorage.GetContainerReference("containerName");
if (container.CreateIfNotExist())
{
// configure container for public access
var permissions = container.GetPermissions();
permissions.PublicAccess = BlobContainerPublicAccessType.Container;
container.SetPermissions(permissions);
}
string uniqueBlobName = string.Format("{0}{1}", Guid.NewGuid().ToString(), Path.GetExtension(image.FileName)).ToLowerInvariant();
CloudBlockBlob blob = container.GetBlockBlobReference(uniqueBlobName);
blob.Properties.ContentType = image.ContentType;
image.InputStream.Position = 0;
using (var imageStream = new MemoryStream())
{
image.InputStream.CopyTo(imageStream);
imageStream.Position = 0;
blob.UploadFromStream(imageStream);
}
return blob.Uri.ToString();
}