[Product-Developers] Dynamic downloads

[Craig Swank]

Thanks Eric,
That is exactly what I was looking for.  I'll let everyone know how it  
turns out.

Craig

On Aug 12, 2008, at 7:48 AM, Eric Bréhault wrote:

> Hello,
>
> in the method implementing your action, you just need to set the
> correct http header like this:
> def doAction(self, REQUEST):
>            REQUEST.response.setHeader('Content-type','text/ 
> csv;charset='+encoding)
>            REQUEST.response.setHeader('Content-Disposition',
> "attachment; filename=export.csv")
>            return your_csv_content
>
> note: to produce CSV, use the csv python module
>
> Eric
>
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 3:13 PM, cswank <craig_swank at nrel.gov> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>> I would like to have a document_action link that calls a method which
>> generates a .csv file that is downloaded to the user's computer.   
>> I've been
>> looking all around, but can't find a way do do this.  Can anyone  
>> point me in
>> the right direction?  I already have figured out how to make the
>> document_action, so I just need to give it this functionality.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Craig
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