This is the code I used, as above
def downloady():
import os
import contenttype as c
path="somepath/album.zip"
response.headers['Content-Type'] = c.contenttype(path)
response.headers['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment;
filename=album.zip'# to force download as attachment
return response.stream(open(path,'rb'),chunk_size=4096)
Peter
On Oct 15, 3:53 pm, Massimo Di Pierro <massimo.dipie...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Why
> response.headers['Content-Type'] = "application/octet-stream"
> shouldn't it be
> response.headers['Content-Type'] = "application/zip"
>
> I am not sure this causes the problem but it may be, if IE thinks the
> data is ascii and not binary.
>
> On Oct 15, 4:46 am, peter <peterchutchin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Yes, the downloaded file is corrupted with IE8 but not with chrome.
> > When I compare the files with a hex editor, they both begin and end
> > the same, however, the last byte of the original file is at 6EA11,
> > whereas the last byte of the downloaded file is at 6D7311.
>
> > So it appears that it is losing a few bytes but not at either end.
>
> > Windows reports the size of the two files as 6.91MB on server and
> > 6.83MB after downloading
>
> > Peter
>
> > On Oct 14, 11:40 pm, Massimo Di Pierro <massimo.dipie...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
>
> > > You mean the downloaded file is corrupted? Can you check the size?
>
> > > On Oct 14, 5:33 pm, peter <peterchutchin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Okay this is where I am now.
>
> > > > My example 'downloady' above works correctly in chrome but incorrectly
> > > > in IE8. In IE8, the file appears to download correctly but will not
> > > > unzip.
>
> > > > Peter
>
> > > > On Oct 14, 7:13 pm, Matt Broadstone <mbroa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Massimo Di
> > > > > Pierro<massimo.dipie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > What browser?
>
> > > > > That was chrome. The previously fix suggested by Brian works for me
> > > > > (thanks!).
>
> > > > > Matt
>
> > > > > > On Oct 14, 10:30 am, Matt Broadstone <mbroa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > >> On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 9:35 AM, peter
> > > > > >> <peterchutchin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > >> > If I now do exactly what I did one month ago, there is now no
> > > > > >> > error
> > > > > >> > with zip streaming. So maybe you have changed things in
> > > > > >> > response.stream since then.
>
> > > > > >> > Peter
>
> > > > > >> > On Oct 14, 1:24 pm, peter <peterchutchin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > >> >> I sent from my wifes
> > > > > >> >> emailhttp://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/fe85dca9e4...
>
> > > > > >> >> However with hindsight I think I did not give sufficient
> > > > > >> >> information
> > > > > >> >> in my forum entry. I guess I was seeing if other people had had
> > > > > >> >> problems with downloading zip files.
>
> > > > > >> >> Today, I just tried the following
>
> > > > > >> >> def downloady():
>
> > > > > >> >> import os
> > > > > >> >> import contenttype as c
> > > > > >> >> path="somepath/album.zip"
> > > > > >> >> response.headers['Content-Type'] = c.contenttype(path)
> > > > > >> >> response.headers['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment;
> > > > > >> >> filename=album.zip'# to force download as attachment
>
> > > > > >> >> return response.stream(open(path,'rb'),chunk_size=4096)
>
> > > > > >> Does this actually work for you? When I use this code, I get a
> > > > > >> download, but it saves out a zero byte file with the proper name.
>
> > > > > >> >> and this did work correctly. So I do not know why I was having
> > > > > >> >> problems last month, when I repeatedly had problems with
> > > > > >> >> downloaded
> > > > > >> >> zip files not unzipping.
>
> > > > > >> >> So I aplogise for suggesting there was a bug here. I will see
> > > > > >> >> if I can
> > > > > >> >> recreate the problems I was having and get to the root cause.
>
> > > > > >> >> Peter
>
> > > > > >> >> On Oct 14, 12:22 am, Massimo Di Pierro
> > > > > >> >> <massimo.dipie...@gmail.com>
> > > > > >> >> wrote:
>
> > > > > >> >> > On Oct 13, 12:46 pm, peter <peterchutchin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > >> >> > > As I have reported previously in this forum, I think that
> > > > > >> >> > > response.stream does not quite stream zip files correctly.
>
> > > > > >> >> > I have no bug report about this. Can you tell us more so we
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