[jifty-devel] Downloading files

[Henry Baragar]

On Tuesday, December 12 2006 11:05 am, Jesse Vincent wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 09:22:14AM -0500, Henry Baragar wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > What is the standard way to download a file in Jifty?  I am generating
> > CSV files from a database for downloading into spreadsheets.
> >
> > The way I would do it in Mason would be to put the following in a
> > template file:
> >
> > <%init>
> >     use Apache::Constants qw/OK/;
> >     $m->clear_buffer;
> >     $r->content_type('text/comma-separated-values');
> >     $r->send_http_header();
> >     $m->print(csv_data());
> >     $m->abort(OK);
> > </%init>
> >
> > It occurs to me that this should all go into the Dispatcher.  However, I
> > am worried that manipulating the request and Mason objects in this way
> > will interfere with what Jifty does.
>
> Well, I wouldn't generally put print statements in the dispatcher ;)
>
Makes sense.

> Usually, I dispatch to a template that looks a lot like what you wrote,
> except I've never needed the Apache::Constants, clear_buffer or
> send_http_header lines ;)
>
OK.  Things definitely do not work in Jifty as I have them.  

Following your advice, the following works:

$r->content_type('text/comma-separated-values');
$m->print(csv_data());

I like it.  Its much shorter and much easier to remember.

(BTW, does this work in pure Mason as well?)

Regards,
Henry

> > Furthermore, there ought to be an easier way to do it!-)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Henry
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