html - Opening files in browser instead of downloading

Question

I have a href link to a pdf file that when clicked on it downloads. I want this to just open in a new page instead of downloading.

<a href="../file/1012">clicking here</a>

I've had a look at a website that does this with iframe, but I would prefer not to use that.

Answer 1

Your server should return this http header:

Content-Type: application/pdf

For viewing in browser it should also return:

Content-Disposition: inline;filename="myfile.pdf"

For downloading:

Content-Disposition: attachment;filename="myfile.pdf"