How to view pdf without downloading in laravel?

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want to view pdf in the browser, but it started downloading automatically by IDM.

Here is my controller code ,

   $filename = Pdf::find($id);
   $path     = asset($filename->pdf);

    return Response::make(file_get_contents($path), 200, [
        'Content-Type'        => 'application/pdf',
        'Content-Disposition' => 'inline; filename="' . $filename . '"',
    ]);

Here is my blade code,

      <a href="{{route('preview.pdf',[$pdf->id])}}">view</a>

When I click on the view button, it started downloading automatically by IDM. I want to prevent it. No one can download the pdf, user can only view the pdf.

Does anyone know how to do it?

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2 Answers

Laravel responce has a special file():

return response()->file($pathToFile);
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The file method may be used to display a file, such as an image or PDF, directly in the user's browser instead of initiating a download

https://laravel.com/docs/6.x/responses#file-responses

According to the documentation, we should use this way.

To prevent forced downloads by IDM, in IDM configuration, you could do the following 2 ways:

  1. Remove PDF type
  2. Specify your address where IDM will not download automatically

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