outputting-media.md

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Outputting media	5

If you want to output your $media instance to the browser, you may use the toResponse & toInlineResponse methods.

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Spatie\MediaLibrary\MediaCollections\Models\Media;

public function download(Request $request, Media $media)
{
    return $media->toResponse($request);
}

By using toResponse, your browser is instructed to download the file with the attachment Content-Disposition.

If you want to output your $media instance to your browser, but want to inline render it, you may use toInlineResponse

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Spatie\MediaLibrary\MediaCollections\Models\Media;

public function download(Request $request, Media $media)
{
    return $media->toInlineResponse($request);
}

The toInlineResponse method instructs your browser to inline render the file by setting the Content-Disposition to inline.

Both methods use a streaming adapter to ensure low memory usage.