using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;

namespace BlazorWasmShowBinaryFiles.Server.Controllers
{
    [ApiController]
    [Route("api/[controller]")]
    public class ReportsController : ControllerBase
    {
        [HttpGet("[action]")]
        public IActionResult GetPdfReport()
        {
            //TODO: create the `sample.pdf` report file on the server

            return File(virtualPath: "~/app_data/sample.pdf",
                        contentType: "application/pdf",
                        fileDownloadName: "sample.pdf");
        }
    }
}

window.JsBinaryFilesUtils = {
  createBlobUrl: function (byteArray, contentType) {
    // The byte array in .NET is encoded to base64 string when it passes to JavaScript.
    const numArray = atob(byteArray)
      .split("")
      .map((c) => c.charCodeAt(0));
    const uint8Array = new Uint8Array(numArray);
    const blob = new Blob([uint8Array], { type: contentType });
    return URL.createObjectURL(blob);
  },
  downloadFromUrl: function (fileName, url) {
    const anchor = document.createElement("a");
    anchor.style.display = "none";
    anchor.href = url;
    anchor.download = fileName;
    document.body.appendChild(anchor);
    anchor.click();
    document.body.removeChild(anchor);
  },
  downloadBlazorByteArray: function (fileName, byteArray, contentType) {
    const blobUrl = this.createBlobUrl(byteArray, contentType);
    this.downloadFromUrl(fileName, blobUrl);
    URL.revokeObjectURL(blobUrl);
  },
  printFromUrl: function (url) {
    const iframe = document.createElement("iframe");
    iframe.style.display = "none";
    iframe.src = url;
    document.body.appendChild(iframe);
    if (iframe.contentWindow) {
      iframe.contentWindow.print();
    }
  },
  printBlazorByteArray: function (byteArray, contentType) {
    const blobUrl = this.createBlobUrl(byteArray, contentType);
    this.printFromUrl(blobUrl);
    URL.revokeObjectURL(blobUrl);
  },
  showUrlInNewTab: function (url) {
    window.open(url);
  },
  showBlazorByteArrayInNewTab: function (byteArray, contentType) {
    const blobUrl = this.createBlobUrl(byteArray, contentType);
    this.showUrlInNewTab(blobUrl);
    URL.revokeObjectURL(blobUrl);
  },
};

using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.JSInterop;

namespace BlazorWasmShowBinaryFiles.Client.Utils
{
    public static class JsBinaryFilesUtils
    {
        public static ValueTask<string> CreateBlobUrlAsync(
            this IJSRuntime JSRuntime,
            byte[] byteArray, string contentType)
        {
            return JSRuntime.InvokeAsync<string>("JsBinaryFilesUtils.createBlobUrl", byteArray, contentType);
        }

        public static ValueTask DownloadFromUrlAsync(this IJSRuntime JSRuntime, string fileName, string url)
        {
            return JSRuntime.InvokeVoidAsync("JsBinaryFilesUtils.downloadFromUrl", fileName, url);
        }

        public static ValueTask DownloadBlazorByteArrayAsync(
            this IJSRuntime JSRuntime,
            string fileName, byte[] byteArray, string contentType)
        {
            return JSRuntime.InvokeVoidAsync("JsBinaryFilesUtils.downloadBlazorByteArray",
                    fileName, byteArray, contentType);
        }

        public static ValueTask PrintFromUrlAsync(this IJSRuntime JSRuntime, string url)
        {
            return JSRuntime.InvokeVoidAsync("JsBinaryFilesUtils.printFromUrl", url);
        }

        public static ValueTask PrintBlazorByteArrayAsync(
            this IJSRuntime JSRuntime,
            byte[] byteArray, string contentType)
        {
            return JSRuntime.InvokeVoidAsync("JsBinaryFilesUtils.printBlazorByteArray", byteArray, contentType);
        }

        public static ValueTask ShowUrlInNewTabAsync(this IJSRuntime JSRuntime, string url)
        {
            return JSRuntime.InvokeVoidAsync("JsBinaryFilesUtils.showUrlInNewTab", url);
        }

        public static ValueTask ShowBlazorByteArrayInNewTabAsync(
            this IJSRuntime JSRuntime,
            byte[] byteArray, string contentType)
        {
            return JSRuntime.InvokeVoidAsync("JsBinaryFilesUtils.showBlazorByteArrayInNewTab", byteArray, contentType);
        }
    }
}

img-src 'self' data: blob:
default-src 'self' blob:
object-src 'self' blob:

@page "/"

@using BlazorWasmShowBinaryFiles.Client.Utils

@inject IJSRuntime JSRuntime
@inject HttpClient HttpClient

<h1>Display PDF Files</h1>
<button class="btn btn-info" @onclick="handlePrintPdf">Print PDF</button>
<button class="btn btn-primary ml-2" @onclick="handleShowPdf">Show PDF</button>
<button class="btn btn-success ml-2" @onclick="handleDownloadPdf">Download PDF</button>

@if(!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(PdfBlobUrl))
{
    <section class="card mb-5 mt-3">
        <div class="card-header">
            <h4>using iframe</h4>
        </div>
        <div class="card-body">
            <iframe title="PDF Report" width="100%" height="600" src="@PdfBlobUrl" type="@PdfContentType"></iframe>
        </div>
    </section>

    <section class="card mb-5">
        <div class="card-header">
            <h4>using object</h4>
        </div>
        <div class="card-body">
            <object data="@PdfBlobUrl" aria-label="PDF Report" type="@PdfContentType" width="100%" height="100%"></object>
        </div>
    </section>

    <section class="card mb-5">
        <div class="card-header">
            <h4>using embed</h4>
        </div>
        <div class="card-body">
            <embed aria-label="PDF Report" src="@PdfBlobUrl" type="@PdfContentType" width="100%" height="100%">
        </div>
    </section>
}

@code
{
    private const string ReportUrl = "/api/Reports/GetPdfReport";
    private const string PdfContentType = "application/pdf";

    private string PdfBlobUrl;

    private async Task handlePrintPdf()
    {
        // Note: Using the `HttpClient` is useful for accessing the protected API's by JWT's (non cookie-based authorization).
        // Otherwise just use the `PrintFromUrlAsync` method.
        var byteArray = await HttpClient.GetByteArrayAsync(ReportUrl);
        await JSRuntime.PrintBlazorByteArrayAsync(byteArray, PdfContentType);
    }

    private async Task handleDownloadPdf()
    {
        // Note: Using the `HttpClient` is useful for accessing the protected API's by JWT's (non cookie-based authorization).
        // Otherwise just use the `DownloadFromUrlAsync` method.
        var byteArray = await HttpClient.GetByteArrayAsync(ReportUrl);
        await JSRuntime.DownloadBlazorByteArrayAsync("report.pdf", byteArray, PdfContentType);
    }

    private async Task handleShowPdf()
    {
        // Note: Using the `HttpClient` is useful for accessing the protected API's by JWT's (non cookie-based authorization).
        // Otherwise just use the `ReportUrl` as the `src` of the `iframe` directly.
        var byteArray = await HttpClient.GetByteArrayAsync(ReportUrl);
        PdfBlobUrl = await JSRuntime.CreateBlobUrlAsync(byteArray, PdfContentType);
    }

    // Tips:
    // 1- How do I enable/disable the built-in pdf viewer of FireFox
    // https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/disable-built-pdf-viewer-and-use-another-viewer
    // 2- How to configure browsers to use the Adobe PDF plug-in to open PDF files
    // https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/pdf-browser-plugin-configuration.html
    // https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/display-pdf-in-browser.html
    // 3- Microsoft Edge is gaining new PDF reader features within the Windows 10 Fall Creator’s Update (version 1709).
}

 PM> Install-Package Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCompression

{
    "dependencies": {
        "Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCompression": "1.0.0"
    }
}

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
    services.AddResponseCompression(options =>
    {
        options.MimeTypes = Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCompression.ResponseCompressionDefaults.MimeTypes;
    });
}

namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCompression
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Defaults for the ResponseCompressionMiddleware
    /// </summary>
    public class ResponseCompressionDefaults
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Default MIME types to compress responses for.
        /// </summary>
        // This list is not intended to be exhaustive, it's a baseline for the 90% case.
        public static readonly IEnumerable<string> MimeTypes = new[]
        {
            // General
            "text/plain",
            // Static files
            "text/css",
            "application/javascript",
            // MVC
            "text/html",
            "application/xml",
            "text/xml",
            "application/json",
            "text/json",
        };
    }
}

services.AddResponseCompression(options =>
{
    options.MimeTypes = ResponseCompressionDefaults.MimeTypes.Concat(new[]
                                {
                                    "image/svg+xml",
                                    "application/font-woff2"
                                });
            });

services.AddResponseCompression(options =>
{
  //If no compression providers are specified then GZip is used by default.
  //options.Providers.Add<GzipCompressionProvider>();

services.Configure<GzipCompressionProviderOptions>(options =>
{
  options.Level = System.IO.Compression.CompressionLevel.Optimal;
});

 options.EnableForHttps = true;

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
{
   app.UseResponseCompression()  // Adds the response compression to the request pipeline
   .UseStaticFiles(); // Adds the static middleware to the request pipeline  
}

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app,
                      IHostingEnvironment env,
                      ILoggerFactory loggerFactory)
{
    app.UseResponseCompression()
       .UseStaticFiles(
           new StaticFileOptions
           {
               OnPrepareResponse =
                   _ => _.Context.Response.Headers[HeaderNames.CacheControl] = 
                        "public,max-age=604800" // A week in seconds
           })
       .UseMvc(routes => routes.MapRoute("default", "{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}"));
}

 PM> Install-Package Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
{
    app.UseRewriter(new RewriteOptions()
                            .AddRedirectToHttps()
                            .AddRewrite(@"app/(\d+)", "app?id=$1", skipRemainingRules: false) // Rewrite based on a Regular expression
                            //.AddRedirectToHttps(302, 5001) // Redirect to a different port and use HTTPS
                            .AddRedirect("(.*)/$", "$1")  // remove trailing slash, Redirect using a regular expression
                            .AddRedirect(@"^section1/(.*)", "new/$1", (int)HttpStatusCode.Redirect)
                            .AddRedirect(@"^section2/(\\d+)/(.*)", "new/$1/$2", (int)HttpStatusCode.MovedPermanently)
                            .AddRewrite("^feed$", "/?format=rss", skipRemainingRules: false));

 app.UseRewriter(new RewriteOptions()
.AddIISUrlRewrite(env.ContentRootFileProvider, "web.config")
.AddApacheModRewrite(env.ContentRootFileProvider, ".htaccess"));

public class RedirectWwwRule : Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite.IRule
{
    public int StatusCode { get; } = (int)HttpStatusCode.MovedPermanently;
    public bool ExcludeLocalhost { get; set; } = true;
    public void ApplyRule(RewriteContext context)
    {
        var request = context.HttpContext.Request;
        var host = request.Host;
        if (host.Host.StartsWith("www", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
        {
            context.Result = RuleResult.ContinueRules;
            return;
        }
        if (ExcludeLocalhost && string.Equals(host.Host, "localhost", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
        {
            context.Result = RuleResult.ContinueRules;
            return;
        }
        string newPath = request.Scheme + "://www." + host.Value + request.PathBase + request.Path + request.QueryString;
 
        var response = context.HttpContext.Response;
        response.StatusCode = StatusCode;
        response.Headers[HeaderNames.Location] = newPath;
        context.Result = RuleResult.EndResponse; // Do not continue processing the request
    }
}

 app.UseRewriter(new RewriteOptions().Add(new RedirectWwwRule()));

 var options = new RewriteOptions().Add(app.ApplicationServices.GetService<RedirectWwwRule>());

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{
    "name": "asp-net-mvc5x-angular2x",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "author": "DNT",
    "description": "",
    "scripts": {},
    "license": "Apache-2.0",
    "dependencies": {
        "jquery": "2.2.3",
        "angular2": "2.0.0-beta.15",
        "systemjs": "^0.19.26",
        "es6-promise": "^3.1.2",
        "es6-shim": "^0.35.0",
        "reflect-metadata": "0.1.2",
        "rxjs": "5.0.0-beta.2",
        "zone.js": "^0.6.12",
        "bootstrap": "^3.3.6"
    },
    "devDependencies": {
        "typescript": "^1.8.9",
        "typings": "^0.8.1"
    },
    "repository": {
    }
}

{
    "compileOnSave": true,
    "compilerOptions": {
        "target": "es5",
        "module": "system",
        "moduleResolution": "node",
        "noImplicitAny": false,
        "noEmitOnError": true,
        "removeComments": false,
        "sourceMap": true,
        "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
        "experimentalDecorators": true
    },
    "exclude": [
        "node_modules",
        "wwwroot",
        "typings/main",
        "typings/main.d.ts"
    ]
}

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