Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of CookBookDynamicZip

Timestamp:

Aug 18, 2006, 1:01:40 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

davidschein@…

Comment:

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CookBookDynamicZip

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+Return a dynamically created zip file in your !HttpResponse.
+{{{
+#!python
+def view_that_returns_zipped_file(request):
+    response = HttpResponse(mimetype='application/zip')
+    response['Content-Disposition'] = 'filename=all_things.zip'
+    #first assemble your files
+    files = []
+    for thing in Thing.objects.all():
+        files.append(("%s.pdf" % (thing.id,), thing.biggish_file()))
+    #now add them to a zip file
+    #note the zip only exist in memory as you add to it
+    buffer = StringIO()
+    zip = zipfile.ZipFile(buffer, "w", zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)
+    for name, f in files:
+        zip.writestr(name, f)
+    zip.close()
+    buffer.flush()
+    #the import detail--we return the content of the buffer
+    ret_zip = buffer.getvalue()
+    buffer.close()
+    response.write(ret_zip)
+    return response
+}}}