Re: [MarkLogic Dev General] Serving PDFs from the MarkLogic Server

Thanks for the example, Danny!

On 7/12/12 11:52 AM, "Danny Sokolsky" <Danny.Sokolsky@...> wrote:

>Here is an example of an xqy file that does what David is talking about,
>using fn:doc to serve up a pdf stored as binary in MarkLogic:
>
>
>(: pdf.xqy :)
>
>xquery version"1.0-ml";
>
>xdmp:set-response-content-type("application/pdf"),
>
>let $pdf := xdmp:get-request-field("pdf","")
>return
>fn:doc($pdf)
>
>
>And then you can call this from some html in another XQY file, something
>like this:
>
>(: some other xqy :)
>
><a href="pdf.xqy?pdf=/my/pdf/uri/doc.pdf" target="_blank">View my PDF
>file in a new window</a>
>
>
>-Danny
>
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>[mailto:general-bounces@...] On Behalf Of David Lee
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>Server
>
>You can server PDF's if you store them as a binary file.
>You can also dynamically generate them (but it requires an app server).
>I have done both and served them from a ML application no problem.
>You do want to set the mime-type correctly for the response.
>
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>Subject: [MarkLogic Dev General] Serving PDFs from the MarkLogic Server
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>Hi everyone,
>
>I was wondering how could I serve PDF files in the Marklogic Server to
>the outside world for downloading and viewing purposes. I would love to
>have a direct link to the PDF file store in the database. Has anyone
>dealt with this before?
>
>Thanks
>Dj
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