how to download a PDF that is generated by a suitelet

AI generated answer (using internal Slack threads):

Based on the conversations, to download a PDF that is generated by a suitelet, you can use the

writeFile

method in SuiteScript. However, the key to controlling whether the PDF is displayed in the browser or downloaded directly lies in the headers that you set in your response. Here is a code snippet that was shared in the conversations:

javascript
response.addHeader({ name: 'Content-Type:', value: 'application/pdf', });
response.addHeader({ name: 'Content-Disposition', value: 'inline; filename=\"report.pdf\"', });
renderer.renderPdfToResponse(response);

In this code, the

Content-Type

header is set to

application/pdf

, which tells the browser that the response is a PDF document. The

Content-Disposition

header is set to

inline

, which means the PDF should be displayed in the browser, and

filename=\"report.pdf\"

specifies the name of the PDF when downloaded. If you want the PDF to be downloaded directly instead of being displayed in the browser, you can change the

Content-Disposition

header to

attachment

like so:

javascript
response.addHeader({ name: 'Content-Disposition', value: 'attachment; filename=\"report.pdf\"', });

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