How to pass a PDF as binary to window.open()?

Question

I'm building an app using Cordova/ionic in which I now fetch a PDF from an API (which I am authenticated with). I then want to display this PDF in the inAppBrowser which I normally open with window.open('http://example.com/the-file.pdf', "_blank", "location=no");. But since I already fetched the data I cannot provide a url, but instead I want to provide the data as binary.

I searched around but I only found this SO answer, which unfortunately doesn't work for me.

Does anybody know how I can pass a PDF as binary data through window.open()? All tips are welcome!

Is the PDF saved to device already? If, not can you save the binary data to a PDF on the device, then use window.open("file://...pdf")? — Steve Kennedy, Apr 09 '15 at 17:15
What was the problem you had implementing the solution you found in that answer? — Musa, Apr 10 '15 at 03:36

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 07 '23 at 12:26

See the answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/43297424/1426222:

window.open("data:application/pdf;base64,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", "mypdf", "width=700px,height=600px");

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 12 '15 at 19:04

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Try this

Window.open('http://docs.google.com/gview?url=YOUR_PDF_URL', "_blank", "location=no");

answered Apr 12 '15 at 19:04

suraj mahajan

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