Hi Dominic,
I found the simplest way to serve PDF files is to save them in the static
directory, and then pass in the folder and the name of the file you want to
serve as url parameters. See sample code below. I have also had good
success building PDF's on the fly using the pyfpdf module which is include
in web2py.
def display_ts_pdf():
import os
#year, job and filename are passed in on the URL, use variables to
navigate pdf folder
tmpfilename=os.path.join(request.folder,'static','pdf',
request.vars['yr'],request.vars['job'],request.vars['dlfile'])
response.headers['ContentType'] ="application/pdf";
data = open(tmpfilename,"rb").read()
#delete file after buffering
#os.unlink(tmpfilename)
response.headers['Content-Type']='application/pdf'
return data
-Good luck
On Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at 7:16:54 AM UTC-5, Dominic Balassone wrote:
>
> Hey there,
>
> I'm simply trying to allow my users to click on a hyperlink which will
> send them to a new tab where they are viewing they pdf (or asked to
> download a pdf viewing plugin for their browser).
>
> I have already set my pdfs to be saved in the static directory, in a
> directory called "pdfs," although I do not know if this is actually
> necessary.
>
> Any advice?
>
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