if you have generated a physical file

response.stream(path_to_pshysical_file, attachment=True, 
filename=whatever.pdf)
if you have a "virtual file" (e.g., StringIO)
response.stream(virtual_file, attachment=True, filename=whatever.pdf)

On Monday, October 22, 2012 9:33:21 PM UTC+2, encompass wrote:
>
> How do I return a file to the view? 
> Is there a way to give it a file name as it comes out? 
> It's a PDF file I generated in the controller.  I think I can get it as 
> a file like object too. 
> As a bonus, how do I delete it after it has been downloaded. (Thought I 
> could easily do that in a cron job.) 
> BR, 
> Jason Brower 
>

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