Thanks for the reply Nick. I expect to not be able to open the downloaded file in a text editor and be able to read those numbers directly. It should contain serialized data of my choosing.
On Sep 16, 7:38 pm, "Nick Johnson (Google)" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mark, > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 8:07 AM, Mark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, I am trying to allow users of my app to download binary files > > which are created on the fly. These files will contain model data in > > binary format. > > > I am doing the following now; > > > def post(self): > > self.response.headers["Content-Type"] = "application/octet-stream" > > self.response.headers["Content-Disposition"] = > > "attachment;filename=license.bin" > > self.response.out.write(89372379324) > > > However I have found out that out.write is actually writing strings.. > > how I can change this to write a binary file? > > Python raw strings _are_ binary. What is the desired output of your snippet > above? > > -Nick > > > > -- > Nick Johnson, Developer Programs Engineer, App Engine > Google Ireland Ltd. :: Registered in Dublin, Ireland, Registration Number: > 368047 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
