[Django]-Django rest framework return file

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I don’t know why I had to do this – may be something internal to Django Rest Framework that doesn’t allow putting custom methods onto format?

I simply changed it to the following – 

if fileformat == 'raw':
    zip_file = open('C:\temp\core\files\CDX_COMPOSITES_20140626.zip', 'rb')
    response = HttpResponse(FileWrapper(zip_file), content_type='application/zip')
    response['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename="%s"' % 'CDX_COMPOSITES_20140626.zip'
    return response

Then in my URL just hit with the new value and it works fine. I’d love to know why I can’t use format though to serve a file.

👤whoisearth

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Try using FileWrapper:

from django.core.servers.basehttp import FileWrapper

...

if format == 'raw':
    zip_file = open('C:\temp\core\files\CDX_COMPOSITES_20140626.zip', 'rb')
    response = HttpResponse(FileWrapper(zip_file), content_type='application/zip')
    response['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename="%s"' % 'CDX_COMPOSITES_20140626.zip'
    return response
...

Also, I would use application/zip instead of application/force-download.

👤dgel

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