Django cheatsheet N°1

get_a_zip_in_response.py

# Python version: 3.6.3
# See docs:
# * https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/request-response/#django.http.HttpResponse
# * https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/request-response/#httprequest-objects
# * https://docs.python.org/3/library/io.html?highlight=io%20bytesio#io.BytesIO
def zipfile_gen(request: django.http.HttpRequest) -> django.http.HttpResponse:
    import pathlib
    import io
    text_file = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent / 'a_text_file.txt'
    buffer = io.BytesIO()
    with zipfile.ZipFile(buffer, 'w') as zipped_file:
        zipped_file.write(text_file)
    response = django.http.HttpResponse(buffer.getvalue(), content_type='application/x-zip-compressed')
    response['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename=my_zip.zip'
    return response