Custom Filename for PDF Report

Hi,
I have a requirement to download pdf for a report. I provided the download action as a column link on the report. Clicking the link I direct to the URL for the custom report I created (f?p=&APP_ID.:0:&SESSION.:PRINT_REPORT= MyReport). Pdf gets downloaded with the name MyReport.pdf. But I need to provide a custom name for the downloaded pdf, it should be based on the Id value of the report column something like this Emp123.pdf where 123 is the employee Id (selected row's employee id value in my report).
I searched in the forums and came across this thread APEX 3 PDF Report Export Custom Filename? but here its mentioned that
" In this case there's no separate attribute for the file name. And we don't do substitutions on the report query name, so setting the name dynamically as you described in your sample, won't be possible. "
Since the thread is a old one so posting a new one. Any pointers is highly appreciated.
Thanks,
Rakesh

1. Call the report with utl_http.
2. Store the output as a BLOB. Either local variable or store it in a table.
3. Print the blob.
Here is how you can print the blob and read the package spec for utl_http.
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