Filament•3mo ago

Stream PDF to response

Hi guys, can you help me stream PDF to response directly from action? Is it even possible? Should I save my PDF firstly?

Action::make('generateReport')
    ->form([
        DatePicker::make('from')
            ->required(),

        DatePicker::make('to')
            ->required(),
    ])
    ->action(fn (array $data) => app(GenerateReportAction::class)->execute($data['from'], $data['to']))

Action::make('generateReport')
    ->form([
        DatePicker::make('from')
            ->required(),

        DatePicker::make('to')
            ->required(),
    ])
    ->action(fn (array $data) => app(GenerateReportAction::class)->execute($data['from'], $data['to']))

class GenerateReportAction
{
    public function execute(mixed $from, mixed $to)
    {
        return pdf()
            ->view('print.report')
            ->name('report.pdf');
    }
}

class GenerateReportAction
{
    public function execute(mixed $from, mixed $to)
    {
        return pdf()
            ->view('print.report')
            ->name('report.pdf');
    }
}

I am using Spatie Laravel PDF: https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v1/basic-usage/responding-with-pdfs

Responding with PDFs | laravel-pdf

laravel-pdf

1 Reply

dissto•3mo ago

public function execute(mixed $from, mixed $to)
{
    return pdf()
        ->view('print.report')
        ->name('report.pdf')
        ->download(); // ??
}

public function execute(mixed $from, mixed $to)
{
    return pdf()
        ->view('print.report')
        ->name('report.pdf')
        ->download(); // ??
}

From the spatie docs:

By default, the PDF will be inlined in the browser

This is not possible from within an action I believe unless you want to open a new tab, but then you can no longer use ->action 🤔

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Stream PDF to response