Download File with REST API

Question

I try to develop an api to open a file like word or pdf. I test with swagger this API but I have the error below. The parameter given by swagger or the front are similar to this -> Z:\Some\Path\To\My\File.docx.

I tried this pathFile on the explorateur windows and it's works fine.

STACK TRACE

java.io.FileNotFoundException: InputStream resource [resource loaded through InputStream] cannot be resolved to absolute file path
    at org.springframework.core.io.AbstractResource.getFile(AbstractResource.java:114) ~[spring-core-4.3.12.RELEASE.jar:4.3.12.RELEASE]
    at ... .DownloadDocumentResource.downloadFile(DownloadDocumentResource.java:28) ~[classes/:na]
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[na:1.8.0_92]
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[na:1.8.0_92]
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[na:1.8.0_92]
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) ~[na:1.8.0_92]
    at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.doInvoke(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:205) ~[spring-web-4.3.11.RELEASE.jar:4.3.11.RELEASE]

REST CONTROLLER

@RestController
public class DownloadDocumentResource {

    @ResponseBody
    @RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.POST, path = {"/download"})
    public ResponseEntity<InputStreamResource> downloadFile(@RequestBody String pathFile) throws IOException {
        out.println(pathFile);
        InputStreamResource resource = new InputStreamResource(new FileInputStream( pathFile));
        File fileToDownload = resource.getFile();


        return ResponseEntity.ok()
                .header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_DISPOSITION, "attachment;filename=" + fileToDownload.getName())
                .contentLength(fileToDownload.length())
                .contentType(MediaType.parseMediaType(MediaType.APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM_VALUE))
                .body(resource);
    }

Answer 1

DownloadDocumentController

@RestController
@RequiredArgsConstructor
public class DownloadDocumentController {

    private static final String APPLICATION_MS_WORD_VALUE = "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document";

    private final DownloadDocumentService downloadDocumentService;

    @PostMapping(value = "/download", produces = APPLICATION_MS_WORD_VALUE)
    public ResponseEntity<byte[]> downloadFile(@RequestBody String pathFile) throws IOException {
        byte[] content = downloadDocumentService.downloadFile(pathFile);

        return ResponseEntity.ok()
                             .contentLength(content.length)
                             .header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, APPLICATION_MS_WORD_VALUE)
                             .header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_DISPOSITION, "attachment; filename=" + "File.docx"))
                             .body(content);
    }
}

DownloadDocumentService

@Service
public class DownloadDocumentService {

    public byte[] downloadFile(String pathFile) {
        // TODO do read available resource and create byte[]
        return null;
    }

}