PDF File generation with Flutter web - flutter

Question

I'm in the process of Web'ifing a Flutter mobile application and attempting to get around the lack for support for Path Provider in Web.
I'm using the PDF (pdf: ^1.9.0) package to generate a PDF document and upload it to Google Drive and I'm trying to find out if I can generate and store the PDF In memory to make it web compatible.
Example current code using Path Provider.
createFile() async {
final downloads = await getApplicationSupportDirectory();
final file = File("${downloads.path}/$filename.pdf");
await file.writeAsBytes(pdf.save());
await GoogleDriveController.uploadFileToGoogleDrive(file.path);
}
Question: Is there a way to generate and store Fies in memory for web using Flutter web?

Answer 1

I managed to find a work around to generate the PDF and trigger a download via the browser instead and thought I should post incase anyone stumbles across this.
//Create PDF in Bytes
Uint8List pdfInBytes = pdf.save();
//Create blob and link from bytes
final blob = html.Blob([pdfInBytes], 'application/pdf');
final url = html.Url.createObjectUrlFromBlob(blob);
final anchor = html.document.createElement('a') as html.AnchorElement
..href = url
..style.display = 'none'
..download = 'pdf.pdf';
html.document.body.children.add(anchor);
//Trigger the download of this PDF in the browser.
RaisedButton(
child: Text('Press'),
onPressed: () {
anchor.click();
Navigator.pop(context);
},
)

Answer 2

My answer is a variant on Yonkee above specifically for flutter web. In this answer, I have added the imports required (dart:html and dart:typed_data) and added formatting of text as I needed that feature.
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:pdf/widgets.dart' as pw;
import 'dart:typed_data';
import 'dart:html' as html;
class PDFSave extends StatefulWidget {
#override
_PDFSaveState createState() => _PDFSaveState();
}
class _PDFSaveState extends State<PDFSave> {
final pdf = pw.Document();
var anchor;
savePDF() async {
Uint8List pdfInBytes = await pdf.save();
final blob = html.Blob([pdfInBytes], 'application/pdf');
final url = html.Url.createObjectUrlFromBlob(blob);
anchor = html.document.createElement('a') as html.AnchorElement
..href = url
..style.display = 'none'
..download = 'pdf.pdf';
html.document.body.children.add(anchor);
}
createPDF() async {
pdf.addPage(
pw.Page(
build: (pw.Context context) => pw.Column(
children: [
pw.Text('Hello World', style: pw.TextStyle(fontSize: 40)),
],
),
),
);
savePDF();
}
#override
void initState() {
super.initState();
createPDF();
}
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold(backgroundColor: Colors.transparent,
appBar: AppBar(
title: Text('PDF Creator'),
),
body: Center(
child:RaisedButton(
child: Text('Press'),
onPressed: () {
anchor.click();
Navigator.pop(context);
},
)
));
}
}