On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 12:34 PM, <tanmay.kans...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Guys, > > here is what I am trying to solve. > > I have a URL - somesite.com/server/pattern.x?some_more_stuff > > This URl is out there as an href tag on users website. Is there a way in > which I can serve a file(not from my server) while ensuring that the users > remain on the third party website. I am currently using this : > > myfile = "http://download.someothersite.com/somefile.exe"; > > meta_tag = "<html><head><meta http-equiv='Refresh' > Content='1;URL=%s'></head></html>" % myfile > return HttpResponse(meta_tag, content_type='force-download') > > The above works, however the user gets redirected to a blank page. Would > downloading and serving the file from my server be a better option? If so, > some pointers please.
So what you want is for the user to go to a page which both downloads a file *and* displays content, is that it? This is fairly common on the web today; have a look at how places like Sourceforge do it. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
