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Tameen Malik
Tameen Malik

Reputation: 1268

Downloaded file is damaged in django

i am writing this function in views.py file:

def download(request):

    file = open("D:\wamp\www\User_App.rar","r")
    mimetype = mimetypes.guess_type("D:\wamp\www\User_App.rar")[0]
    if not mimetype: mimetype = "application/octet-stream"

    response = HttpResponse(file.read(), mimetype=mimetype)
    response["Content-Disposition"]= "attachment; filename=%s" % os.path.split("D:\wamp\www\User_App.rar")[1]
    return response

to download file but when that downloads and i open this it is damaged. how to solve this problem.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 565

Answers (1)

Martijn Pieters
Martijn Pieters

Reputation: 1121844

Open files in binary mode:

file = open(r"D:\wamp\www\User_App.rar", "rb")

as opening files in text mode means line endings are translated to a platform-neutral \n character.

Upvotes: 3

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