Download zip file using Angular

Question

It has been hours now, since I am trying to figure out how to download a zip file using Angular. The file downloaded is smaller than the original file. I followed this link How do I download a file with Angular2.

I am not simply using the tag for the download for authentication reason.

service

 downloadfile(filePath: string){
        return this.http
            .get( URL_API_REST + 'downloadMaj?filePath='+ filePath)
            .map(res => new Blob([res], {type: 'application/zip'}))
    }

component

downloadfileComponent(filePath: string){
        this.appService.downloadfile(filePath)
            .subscribe(data => this.getZipFile(data)),
                error => console.log("Error downloading the file."),
                () => console.log('Completed file download.');
    }


getZipFile(data: any){
        var a: any = document.createElement("a");
        document.body.appendChild(a);

        a.style = "display: none";
        var blob = new Blob([data], { type: 'application/zip' });

        var url= window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);

        a.href = url;
        a.download = "test.zip";
        a.click();
        window.URL.revokeObjectURL(url);

    }

rest api

public void downloadMaj(@RequestParam(value = "filePath") String filePath, HttpServletResponse response) {

        System.out.println("downloadMaj");
        File fichierZip = new File(filePath);

        try {
            System.out.println("nom du fichier:" + fichierZip.getName());
            InputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream(fichierZip);

            response.addHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename="+fichierZip.getName());
            response.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream");

            org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.copy(inputStream, response.getOutputStream());
            response.getOutputStream().flush();
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

Anyone could tell why all the file is not downloaded?

Solved

downloadfile(filePath: string) {
        return this.http
          .get( URL_API_REST + 'download?filePath=' + filePath, {responseType: ResponseContentType.ArrayBuffer})
          .map(res =>  res)
      }

private getZipFile(data: any) {
    const blob = new Blob([data['_body']], { type: 'application/zip' });

    const a: any = document.createElement('a');
    document.body.appendChild(a);

    a.style = 'display: none';    
    const url = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
    a.href = url;
    a.download = test.zip;
    a.click();
    window.URL.revokeObjectURL(url);

  }

user_11961294 · Answer

In Angular there is no need of jsZip-util ,you can simple make an service call with header options.

public zipAndDownload(url): Observable {
       const options:any = {
        headers: new HttpHeaders({'Content-Type': 'file type of an particular document'}),
        withCredentials: true,
        responseType:'arraybuffer'
      }; 
        return this.http.get(url,options);

      }

user_6714449 · Answer

I use FileSaver to save files on my local machine. It accepts either blob or string data and saves the file with the given/default name. From the official document:

function FileSaver.saveAs(data: string | Blob, filename?: string, options?: FileSaver.FileSaverOptions): void

Download.Service.ts

downloadFile() {
    return this.http.get(url, { params, responseType: 'arraybuffer', observe: 'response' }).pipe(
        map(res => res)
    );
}

my.component.ts

this.downloadService.downloadFile().subscribe((response: HttpResponse) => {
    if(response.body) {
        let fileName = "download.zip";
        const cDisposition: string = response.headers.get('content-disposition');
        if (cDisposition && cDisposition.indexOf(';filename=') > -1) {
            fileName = cDisposition.split(';filename=')[1];
        }

        const data = new Blob([new Uint8Array(response.body)], {
            type: 'application/octet-stream'
        });
        FileSaver.saveAs(data, fileName);
    }
})

Download zip file using Angular

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