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 > --

