Download a PDF via Ajax and Open in a New Browser Tab

Question

I need to download a pdf via ajax request then open it in a new tab. I know that major browsers discourage this but is this possible?

I currently use window.open then execute the pdf download in the new window.

Answer 1

The problem with window.open and target="_blank " is that most browsers will block this as a popup. target="_self" works fine though but is not the desired behaviour