Jax-rs file download example

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Jax-rs file download jersey example

ImageService.java

import java.io.File;
import javax.ws.rs.GET;
import javax.ws.rs.Path;
import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
import javax.ws.rs.core.Response.ResponseBuilder;
 
@Path("/image")
public class ImageService {
 private static final String FILE_PATH = "D:\\java.jpg";
 
 @GET
 @Path("/get")
 @Produces("image/png")
 public Response getFile() {
	File file = new File(FILE_PATH);
	ResponseBuilder response = Response.ok((Object) file);
	response.header("Content-Disposition",
		"attachment; filename=image_from_server.png");
	return response.build();
 
 }
}

web.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app version="2.5" 
	xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" 
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee 
	http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd">
  <display-name></display-name>	
  <servlet>
  	<display-name>JAX-RS REST Servlet</display-name>
  	<servlet-name>JAX-RS REST Servlet</servlet-name>
  	<servlet-class>
  	 com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer
  	</servlet-class>
  	<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
  </servlet>
  <servlet-mapping>
  	<servlet-name>JAX-RS REST Servlet</servlet-name>
  	<url-pattern>/services/*</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>
  <welcome-file-list>
    <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
  </welcome-file-list>
</web-app>

index.jsp

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>  
  <body>
     <a href="services/image/get">Download file.</a> 
  </body>
</html>

Output:

jax-rs example6.1
 
Click on “Download file” link.
jax-rs example6.2
 
Download this example.