On Sep 27, 11:39 am, "Diez B. Roggisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello, > > > I want to implement file downloads inside an authenticated web page, > > such that when a user clicks a link, the server side python code > > connects to a ftp server, downloads a relevant file and then streams > > the file to the browser for the user to open it with the appropriate > > application. In this case it will either be a pdf or a tiff file. > > > This function is quite similar to something like writing raw bytes to > > a ServletOutputStream in java to be rendered directly to the user. > > > It would be nice if someone can provide guidance, examples on how such > > a task may be accomplished using python. > > Fetching using ftplib is easy. But serving depends on what > HTTP-server-environment you use. Please elaborate on that. > > Diez
Thanks Diez for your reply. I am comfortable with using ftplib to fetch the file. As for the HTTP- server environment, I am using Apache 1.3 web server and python 2.1.3. Salil. Salil. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
