Responding with PDFs

In a controller, you can create and return a PDF by using the pdf() helper function.

use function Spatie\LaravelPdf\Support\pdf;

class DownloadInvoiceController
{
    public function __invoke(Invoice $invoice)
    {
        return pdf()
            ->view('pdf.invoice', compact('invoice'))
            ->name('invoice-2023-04-10.pdf');
    }
}

By default, the PDF will be inlined in the browser. This means that the PDF will be displayed in the browser if the browser supports it. If the user tries to download the PDF, it will be named "invoice-2023-04-10.pdf". We recommend that you always name your PDFs.

If you want to force the PDF to be downloaded, you can use the download() method.

use function Spatie\LaravelPdf\Support\pdf;

class DownloadInvoiceController
{
    public function __invoke(Invoice $invoice)
    {
        return pdf()
            ->view('pdf.invoice', compact('invoice'))
            ->name('invoice-2023-04-10.pdf')
            ->download();
    }
}