genarate PDf and save it on server

[Harshal Gurav]

Hello All,

In My web application,I am creating pdf files using itext. I need to save it on my server folder on below folder

my allication path is http://SampleApp/PDFstore/test.pdf

When i try to given above path in code for genarating pdf, it is not working

Could you please suggest ?

try {
String path=''
            OutputStream file = new FileOutputStream(new File("http://SampleApp/PDFstore/test.pdf"));
 
            Document document = new Document();
            PdfWriter.getInstance(document, file);
            document.open();
            document.add(new Paragraph("Hello Kiran"));
            document.add(new Paragraph(new Date().toString()));
 
            document.close();
            file.close();
 
        } catch (Exception e) {
 
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

[James Boswell]

You need to take a look at the API for files, IO etc. You don't create a file by passing a URL string to it.

For your specific requirements, you need to save the file to disk using either a relative or absolute path.

[Tim Moores]

You need to use a file:/// URL. Note that a web app has no notion of a default directory, so you need to convert your relative path to an absolute path. The servlet API contains methods that can help you do that in the ServletContext interface.

[Harshal Gurav]

Thanks James and Time,

Tim, Could you please more elaborate your help
The servlet API contains methods that can help you do that in the ServletContext interface.

[Tim Moores]

Have you looked at the ServletContext javadocs? Which method may I have had in mind?