Hi ... httpclient for PDF files ???

Hi ..

I am using httpclient for a few hours ... I have just
downloaded the jar
3.0over the weekend!

I tried to retrieve a remote pdf file, but the inputstream
doesn't give me
the properly formatted original file!

Would httpclient support the pdfs? If so, is there anything
I need to
configure further to see the original pdf ??

Thanks!
Vijay.

Vijay,

HttpClient is completely content agnostic. You can use it to
transfer 
arbitrary data, including PDFs.

Ortwin Glück

Vijay Gomatam wrote:
> Hi ..
> 
> I am using httpclient for a few hours ... I have just
downloaded the jar
> 3.0over the weekend!
> 
> I tried to retrieve a remote pdf file, but the
inputstream doesn't give me
> the properly formatted original file!
> 
> Would httpclient support the pdfs? If so, is there
anything I need to
> configure further to see the original pdf ??
> 
> Thanks!
> Vijay.
> 

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Hi Ortwin,

Thanks for the reply... I tried to get the InputStream and
put it to a
fileoutputstream and look into the file! I see the new file
which is a few
KB lesser than the original file !!

For a clearer pic , I am attaching a code snippet! Is this a
right approach?

// -----
HttpClient httpClient=*new* HttpClient();

httpClient.setConnectionTimeout(_connectionCreateTimeout);

httpClient.setTimeout(_connectionReadTimeout);

postMethod=*new* PostMethod(url);

postMethod.setFollowRedirects(*false*);

httpClient.executeMethod(postMethod);

InputStream responseBodyStream =
postMethod.getResponseBodyAsStream();

DataInputStream data = new DataInputStream(new
BufferedInputStream(responseBodyStream));

FileOutputStream fos = new
FileOutputStream("rwservlet.pdf");

*while* ((c =data.read(b)) != -1){

*byte*[] inter=*new* *byte*[c];

*for*(*int* i=0;i<c;i++)  inter[i]=b[i];

fos.write(inter);

}

data.close();

// -----

Thanks a ton ...
Regards,
Vijay.


On 3/28/06, Ortwin Glück <odiodi.ch> wrote:
>
> Vijay,
>
> HttpClient is completely content agnostic. You can use
it to transfer
> arbitrary data, including PDFs.
>
> Ortwin Glück
>
> Vijay Gomatam wrote:
> > Hi ..
> >
> > I am using httpclient for a few hours ... I have
just downloaded the jar
> > 3.0over the weekend!
> >
> > I tried to retrieve a remote pdf file, but the
inputstream doesn't give
> me
> > the properly formatted original file!
> >
> > Would httpclient support the pdfs? If so, is there
anything I need to
> > configure further to see the original pdf ??
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Vijay.
> >
>
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