Aloha JB:
Yes, I did get this working with help from someone on Expert's
Exchange. But thank you... your note confirms the method... I use
this for this context (sending a realAudio.ram file)
[SNIP]
put tURLStem & tMainFolder &"/" & tYear &"/" & tAudioFileName into
tAbsoluteURL
# send this out to the browser as a file
put "Content-Type: audio/x-pn-realaudio" & cr
put "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=real-player.ram" & cr
& cr
put tAbsoluteURL
it works great... and opens some interesting doors for dynamic file
delivery...
but I was told I didn't need a quote characater around the file name,
didn't use it, and it seems to work just fine..
Regards
Sivakatirswami
On Jul 17, 2005, at 10:54 PM, jbv wrote:
Hi,
I'm a bit late on this thread, but I have some code that
might help.
What I actually do is generate on-the-fly pdf files with
Rev cgi, and users get the usual WinXP dialog asking
what they want to do with the file, save it or open it :
put "Content-Type: application/pdf" & cr & "Content-Length : " &
number of chars of myPDF &
cr & "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=" &q& myRequestName
&q & cr & cr
q contains the quote char.
the above line works well under WinXP and MacOSX.
I guess a few mods (in Content-Type mostly) may solve
your problem...
Best,
JB
Short version: I need to know the proper HTTP header to set to force
a browser to save the incoming data to a file. (at least I *think*
that's what I need to know.)
Long Scenario:
Goal: create a CGI that responds to a GET request that will
automatically generate a
fooSoundFile.ram "file in a variable"
based on the query string e.g.
$QUERY_STRING = audioFile=hawaii_papayas.mp3
then the .ram filename should be "hawaii_papayas.ram"
and contain the string:
"http://www.himalayanacademy.com/audio/tropical_fruit_music/
hawaii_papayas.mp3"
[you should hear those papayas sing!]
Now, generating all that is a easy enough.
But the usual scenario is that you have all these .ram files prebuilt
(which is what I am trying to avoid. Old .ram files lying around the
web site are a *big* nuisance to maintain....) and the user clicks on
a link
<a href="/audio/tropical_fruit_music/hawaii_papayas.ram">Real
Player</a>
and the .ram file is downloaded-saved to the client side disk... Real
Player is mapped to .ram in the internet helper apps, boots and reads
this file and streams the audio.
I want the CGI to take over that process and serve the .ram file
dynamically.
OK, so all I know how to do is:
put "http://www.himalayanacademy.com/audio/tropical_fruit_music/
hawaii_papayas.mp3" into tRamFile
http://www.himalayanacademy.com/audio/tropical_fruit_music/
hawaii_papayas.mp3
put "Content-Type: text/plain" & cr
put "Content-Length:" && the length of tRamFile & cr & cr
put tRamFile
of course this is not going to work... that string will appear as a
literal in the user's browser. is it as simple as something like:
# just guessing.. I haven't a clue...
put "Content-Type: binary/file" & cr
put "Content-Length:" && the length of tRamFile & cr & cr
put tRamFile
# where the browser can't read it, so it saves it
??
i.e. we can of course do a redirect, like this:
put
"http://www.himalayanacademy.com/audio/tropical_fruit_music/
hawaii_papayas.mp3" into tRamFile
put tRamFile into url ("file:" & "audio/tropical_fruit_music/
hawaii_papayas.ram")
put "Status: 301 Moved Permanently" & cr
put "Location: " & http://www.himalayanacademy.com/audio/
tropical_fruit_music/hawaii_papayas.ram" & cr & cr
But, then I end up once again, with all these .ram files on disk...
so I was hoping to find a way to pipe it straight out of the CGI...
i.e. to take what is coming back from port 80 and save it instead of
trying to render it...maybe this is the wrong place to ask this... I
will take it to Experts-Exchange if no one here knows.
TIA
Sivakatirswami
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