Create link to open file from local system

[kamal_kumawat]

Hi All,

In jupyter notebook

%%html
href="…/files/Downloads/jaipur.pdf#page=10" target="_blank">Link to a pdf
creates a link pointing towards pdf file and when clicked opens pdf in new tab.
How I can create a html link to open file using streamlit ?

[Charly_Wargnier]

Hi @kamal_kumawat

Have you checked this hack from @ash2shukla?

Creating a PDF file generator

Hi @Pavan_Cheyutha, You sure can ! Though streamlit doesnt support PDF generation out of the box for obvious reasons but you can look into PyFPDF and coupled with streamlit it can do the job. Adding a snippet that I just tried for reference. import streamlit as st from fpdf import FPDF import base64 report_text = st.text_input("Report Text") export_as_pdf = st.button("Export Report") def create_download_link(val, filename): b64 = base64.b64encode(val) # val looks like b'...' retu…

Thanks
Charly

[bloukanov]

Hm this seems to download the PDF, but is there a way for the user to just open it in a new tab without downloading?

[bighapa67]

What this ever solved? I have a similar use case where I’d like the link on my Streamlit page to open a local file (like a pdf) for further inspection outside of Streamlit.

[bruestle]

I’d like a user to be able to click a link and open Windows Explorer to the folder provided in the link. Is this possible?

[funcode]

I’m also looking for a solution. Is there a way to create a link to a local folder in streamlit?

[mucmch]

Also looking for a way to open a specific folder locally on windows using streamlit.

[beyma]

Same here, also interested in an easy way to open a new tab to render a pdf