Thanks MCM this method still works nearly 3 years later! A question though: when the csv file is downloaded it has the name 'unknown' with no .csv. Do you know how I can change that filename to something like 'data.csv' ? thanks in advance, Ben
On Friday, November 1, 2013 at 3:36:00 PM UTC-7, mcm wrote: > > To avoid redirect and use ajax see this thread: > > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/web2py/HQU5kD0tGag/LGtjlikzWdsJ > > mind that there is a penalty due to base64 encoding, that implies that the > benefit depends on how large the data to be trasmitted is. > > > 2013/11/1 Niphlod <nip...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > >> yep. >> check response.stream >> >> >> http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/04/the-core?search=response.stream >> >> >> On Friday, November 1, 2013 8:24:11 PM UTC+1, San L wrote: >>> >>> We would like to allow use user to download a csv file when clicking a >>> button on a page (not redirect or pop up a new window). Is this doable in >>> web2py? >>> >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >> Resources: >> - http://web2py.com >> - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) >> - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) >> - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "web2py-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to web2py+un...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
