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JavaScript: How to display binary data like pdf (ie from XmlHttpRequest response) in the browser
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js-open-binary-pdf-in-browser.js
// This required xhr.responseType="blob"
window.open(URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([xhr.response], {type: xhr.getResponseHeader('content-type')})));
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