You should serve your files directly through the server (preferably not the built-in django development server), instead of writing a django view.
Use nginx[1], apache[2] or any other server, then place the excel file in a directory outside of your django app, and write an alias to that location. Cheers, AT [1] http://wiki.nginx.org/HttpCoreModule#location [2] http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#location On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Virginia <virginia.bel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good day everyone, > > I'm trying to allow a user to dowload to his machine an excel file > from the server. This is my code: > > wrapper = FileWrapper(open(path_to_file)) > content_type = mimetypes.guess_type(path_to_file)[0] > response = HttpResponse(wrapper,content_type=content_type) > response['Content-Length'] = > os.path.getsize(path_to_file) > response['Content-Disposition'] = "attachment; filename= > %s"%file_name > response['X-Sendfile'] = smart_str(path_to_file) > return response > > But when I do that I get the "save as" window poping out. I choose > where to put my file. Once this is done and the file downloaded, when > I try to open it, it's like I get all the excel file in on sheet names > as the file. So how can I download the file? What am I doing wrong? > > Thanks, > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
