PRTokeniser throws "PDF file does not have header" message

["Bruno Lowagie (iText)" <bruno (at) lowagie.com>]

Sendhil Dhakshinamoorthy wrote:
> Hello
>    I am using iText to read a PDF file from a WebServer, populate it 
> with values using PdfStamper and display the modified PDF on the browser. 
>    I am getting the following error "PDF file does not have header" or 
> something like that from PRTokeniser class.  The code works fine when I 
> read the PDF file from my hard disc but it does not work when I read it 
> from WebServer. 
>  
> Can you let me know how would I solve this issue?

Instead of reading the PDF with PdfStamper,
try reading the file with a FileInputStream
and inspect the first bytes that are returned.
If it doesn't start with %PDF, the problem is
IO related, not iText related.
br,
Bruno

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