HI, this is how I do it:

response.headers['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename=as_you_wish.pdf'

regards
José L.

2017-02-13 1:04 GMT+01:00 Paul Ellis <[email protected]>:

> When want to save a PDF made with FPDF and web2py. The filename is always
> the controller function name (pdf_view) in this case.
>
> I would like to make the filename take a value from the database. Customer
> name or Business name for example.
>
> I have tried adding a name in the output() but it doesn't help:
>     response.headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/pdf'
>     return pdf.output(name=bname, dest='S')
>
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