If you want to download a PDF file from a website without using any external packages, you can use the following steps in your ReactJS component:
- Create a function that will handle the PDF file download. In this example, the file download will be triggered by clicking a button.
import React from "react";
function handleDownloadPDF() {
const pdfURL = "https://example.com/file.pdf";
const link = document.createElement("a");
link.href = pdfURL;
link.setAttribute("download", "example.pdf");
document.body.appendChild(link);
link.click();
}
if you are using Nextjs you can save the pfd file in the public
dir and adapt the pdfURL = "/example.pdf"
- Create a button element in the component's render method that will call the handleDownloadPDF function on click.
function PDFDownloadButton() {
return <button onClick={handleDownloadPDF}>Download PDF</button>;
}
The handleDownloadPDF function will create a new a element, set its href attribute to the PDF file URL, and its download attribute to the desired file name. It will then append the a element to the body of the document and simulate a click on the a element to initiate the download. That's it! You can customize the PDF URL and file name to suit your needs.