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The Content-Disposition response header field is used in HTTP web responses to convey additional information about how to process a response payload. It can also be used to attach additional metadata such as a filename to the response.

The Content-Disposition response header field is used in HTTP web responses to convey additional information about how to process a response payload. It can also be used to attach additional metadata such as a filename to the response. The full definition of the content-disposition header is outlined in RFC 6266.

The content-disposition header is added to a HTTP response when further descriptive information is desired to aid the receiver in interpreting the payload. Usage follows the following grammar:

content-disposition = "Content-Disposition" ":" disposition-type *( ";" disposition-parm )

disposition-type = "inline" | "attachment" | disp-ext-type ; case-insensitive disp-ext-type = token

disposition-parm = filename-parm | disp-ext-parm

filename-parm = "filename" "=" value | "filename*" "=" ext-value

disp-ext-parm = token "=" value | ext-token "=" ext-value ext-token =

Questions related to this tag should be concerned with describing the payload of a HTTP Response. An example question may be - "Save a PDF that's been streamed to the browser"

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Avoiding content type issues when downloading a file via browser on Android

If I have a file made available to a browser through my webapp, I normally just set the URL to something like http://website.com/webapp/download/89347/image.jpg. I then set the HTTP headers Content-Type: application/octet-stream; filename=image.jpg…
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Force download of 'data:text/plain' URL

I was wondering whether it is possible to force a browser (at least Chrome) to download a data:text/plain URL. Chrome does download binary URLs (e.g. data:application/zip;base64,...), but it does not download files that can be viewed inside the…
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Is it OK to use source with header "Content-Disposition: attachment" as src value for ?

There is a 3d party API with an endpoint http://endpoint/image_id which returns a response with such headers: content-disposition:attachment; filename=image.png content-length:27774 content-type:image/png According to MDN documentation, In a…
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How to avoid duplicate content-disposition headers with MVC3 FileContentResult?

We have some files stored in sql database. On an ASP.NET MVC3 form, we display 2 links: View this file | Download this file These links go to these corresponding action methods. The download works as expected -- clicking a link forces a save dialog…
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Parsing content-disposition header's filename in multipart/from-data

According to RFC, in multipart/form-data content-disposition header filename field receives as parameter HTTP quoted string - string between quites where character '\' can escape any other ascii character. The problem is, web browsers don't do…
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Unicode in Content-Disposition header

I am using HttpContext object implemented in HttpHandler child to download a file, when I have non-ascii characters in file name it looks weird in IE whereas it looks fine in Firefox. below is the code:- context.Response.ContentType =…
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Force PDF to display inline, even when Content-Disposition says otherwise?

I am embedding PDF in an IFRAME from a server that is unfortunately serving them as Content-Disposition:attachment;. Is there any way to force the browser to display the PDF inline? Unfortunately I cannot change the headers for the PDF file linked…
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Content-disposition inline filename not working

There are some old questions regarding this topic, but the issue I'm facing is just some days old so thought to create a new thread. I am using the content-disposition inline combined with filename to open a PDF file directly in…
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Any way to make Android's default browser recognize non-ASCII filenames in "Content-Disposition: attachment" downloads?

First of all, I'm pretty sure this is not a duplicate because I've been researching this topic for quite some time, both on StackOverflow and elsewhere. Similar questions have been asked, but none were answered satisfactorily. Related (but not…
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Get excel file (.xlsx) from server response in ajax

I have got a problem with getting excel file and opening download window in the browser after getting a response (in success ajax method) with that file. I have got appropriate Content-Type and Content-Disposition headers, I tried using Blob in js…
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"Microsoft Edge PDF inline issue" Same Issue Again

I'm still having the same issue that was previously reported and answered under Microsoft Edge PDF inline issue even though I'm not using the pre-release version of Win 10, but the latest downloaded though Windows Update. After upgrading my Win 8.1…
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node express content-disposition

I want to force the browser to download a file from an external storage, given an url. I implemented this express controller post action: var download = function(req, res) { request(req.body.url).on('response', function(response) { …
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Is Content-Disposition attachment blocked from XMLHttpRequest?

I want to perform a javascript xhr request for a png file from a C# webserver which I wrote. Here is the code I use var imgUrl = "http://localhost:8085/AnImage.png?" + now; var request = new XMLHttpRequest(); request.open('GET', imgUrl,…
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Firefox and Content-Disposition header

I have a problem with an attachment's name. When I call the site on google chrome it returns the file with the right name and extension. I tested it with internet explorer and it works fine too. The issue lies with only Firefox. I call the site and…
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Get filename without Content-Disposition

I am looking for a solution for this problem for days and I can't find any. I want to download a file from a webserver with a webclient. The download works fine, but I can't get the real filename, which is very important for me. I read on many…
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