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Returning binary data from a Django view
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from django.http import HttpResponse | |
def django_file_download_view(request): | |
filepath = '/path/to/file.xlsx' | |
with open(filepath, 'r') as fp: | |
data = fp.read() | |
filename = 'some-filename.xlsx' | |
response = HttpResponse(mimetype="application/ms-excel") | |
response['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename=%s' % filename # force browser to download file | |
response.write(data) | |
return response |
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