How to download pdf file from bytes array/string react and redux

Question

I have an issue with converting a file that came from API. I have this type of state in my redux store that came from API<\/a>

with postman I'm able to download it as a pdf file but on the browser, I got an empty pdf or errors about latin1 character.

   case 'REPORT_SUCCEEDED': {
      const blob = new Blob([action.payload], { type: 'application/pdf' });
      const fileURL = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
      FileSaver.saveAs(fileURL, 'filename');
      return Object.assign({}, state, {
        pdfFile: action.payload
      });
    }

Answer 1

You should really not download a file into Redux and from there offer it as a download. That means it will be downloaded into the user's RAM and potentially stay there for a lot longer after the file is already downloaded.