On Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 4:31:42 AM UTC-7, Massimo Di Pierro wrote:
>
> I would do:
>
> def custom_download():
> filename = request.args(0)
> # maybe validate filename
> full_path = os.path.join('/whereever/it/is', filename)
> return response.stream(full_path)
>
> and call with http://..../custom_download/yourfilename
>
>
I'd like to extend this to displaying several images, akin to having a page
of <IMG>'s ... say a thumbnail page display. If I try returning a list of
response.stream
thingies, only the first gets shown. Do I need to make a list of LOAD
helpers, each of which streams 1 image?
/dps
> On Wednesday, 5 April 2017 02:44:47 UTC-5, Dave S wrote:
>>
>> I have a bunch of pix that I want to display, which are not in the
>> uploads directory of the application. My options appear to be:
>>
>> - copy them to the static folder (or a subfolder) and have URL() work for
>> them
>> - set up streamio on each so I can read them from an arbitrary filesystem
>> location
>> - store them as a blob in the database
>>
>> Is there another option?
>>
>> If there was just a handful, relatively stable over time, the static
>> option would seem a good idea (because it would be simple to do). But I
>> took more than 20 shots yesterday (starting with spring hillsides, and then
>> trying to capture birds in flight), and that was just one outing (limited
>> by the memory card). Taking down those pictures before putting up the next
>> set also seems "un-static".
>>
>> The blob option might be good, but not until I set up a real DB engine
>> (I'm not a DB admin) or use mlabs. Meanwhile, I'm still on sqlite.
>>
>> Also, I might want to look into how to cache the images (not because
>> there will be heavy use, but because this might be a good application to
>> use for the learning experience).
>>
>> Suggestions?
>>
>> /dps
>>
>>
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