Hi,
Thanks Inshaf. But this won't solve my problem. I have already done the
downloading directly from browser, option. What I'm expecting is to get it
to backend and then pass back to browser.
This chunking is the problem.

Regards,
Vinod

On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 3:18 PM, Inshaf Mahath <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Vinod,
>
> Since you are using Jaggery, you can use JavaScript to create and download
> a file. You can have a look on [1], but not sure whether it aligns with
> your requirement.
>
> [1] -
> http://blog.eliacontini.info/post/79860720828/export-to-csv-using-javascript-and-the-download
>
> Thanks,
> Inshaf
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Vinod Kavinda <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm trying to download a file from a given URL (File get downloaded if we
>> directly go to the link via browser), in a jaggery app.
>>
>> I need to get the file to the Jaggery backend and send it to the browser
>> so that file should get downloaded. I tried this by sending a get request
>> to the relevant URL, setting all the headers received from get response to
>> the jaggery response and printing the payload as shown below.
>>
>>         var httpClient = new XMLHttpRequest();
>>         httpClient.open('GET', url, true);
>>         httpClient.setRequestHeader('COOKIE', session.get('MGT_SESSION'));
>>
>>          //copy header details
>>                         var contentType =
>> httpClient.getResponseHeader("Content-Type");
>>         var transferEncoding =
>> httpClient.getResponseHeader("Transfer-Encoding");
>>         var vary = httpClient.getResponseHeader("Vary");
>>         var date = httpClient.getResponseHeader("Date");
>>         var server = httpClient.getResponseHeader("Server");
>>         var contentDisposition =
>> httpClient.getResponseHeader("Content-Disposition");
>>
>>         response.addHeader('Content-Type', contentType);
>>         response.addHeader('Transfer-Encoding', transferEncoding);
>>         response.addHeader('Vary', vary);
>>         response.addHeader('Date', date);
>>         response.addHeader('Server', server);
>>         response.addHeader('Content-Disposition', contentDisposition);
>>
>>                         print(httpClient.responseText);
>>
>> A file get downloaded as expected. But is is a corrupted file with less
>> size than actual size of the file.
>>
>> I think the reason for this is the data is coming as chunked data
>> packets. The 'Transfer-Encoding' header value is 'chunked'.
>>
>> Any hint on resolving this is much appreciated.
>>
>> Thank You,
>> Vinod
>>
>>
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>> Vinod Kavinda
>> Software Engineer
>> *WSO2 Inc. - lean . enterprise . middleware <http://www.wso2.com>.*
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>
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