We need to see more code -- maybe your model and the code that generates
the value of download_path. response.download() will return a 404 if the
filename is not of the right format, it can't find the table/field, or it
can't retrieve the file.
Anthony
On Tuesday, October 15, 2013 10:06:45 PM UTC-4, Jordan Ladora wrote:
>
> Ha! Thanks for that.. I upgraded to 2.7.4. but get 404 not found when I
> use Anthony's code..
>
> in the view-
>
> <td>{{=A('Download', _href=URL('default', 'download',
> args=download_path))}}</td>
> <td>{{=A('Download w title', _href=URL('default', 'download',
> args=[download_path, 'new_title']))}}</td>
>
>
> in default.py-
>
> @auth.requires_login()
> def download():
> """
> allows downloading of uploaded files
> http://..../[app]/default/download/[filename]
> """
> ## response.download(self, request, db, chunk_size=DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE,
> attachment=True, download_filename=None):
> return response.download(request, db,
> download_filename=request.args(1))
>
>
> ...hopefully there is something else silly that i am doing wrong here...?
>
> Thanks,
> jl
>
>
> On Tuesday, October 15, 2013 3:01:49 PM UTC-7, Niphlod wrote:
>>
>> You're using an old version of web2py :D
>>
>> On Tuesday, October 15, 2013 11:40:55 PM UTC+2, Jordan Ladora wrote:
>>>
>>> Err.. I get an unknown parameter error for the 'download_filename' ..
>>> looking into globals.py I see
>>>
>>> def download(self, request, db, chunk_size=DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE,
>>> attachment=True):
>>>
>>> so I'm not sure about where this parameter goes(?)
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> -j
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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