How To Raise a "File Download" Dialog Box in Python?

Sometimes, it is desired that you want to give option where a user can click a link and it will pop up a "File Download" dialogue box to the user instead of displaying actual content. This is very easy and can be achieved through HTTP header. This HTTP header is be different from the header mentioned in previous section.

For example, if you want make a FileName file downloadable from a given link, then its syntax is as follows −

#!/usr/bin/python
# HTTP Header
print "Content-Type:application/octet-stream; name = \"FileName\"\r\n";
print "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename = \"FileName\"\r\n\n";
# Actual File Content will go here.
fo = open("foo.txt", "rb")
str = fo.read();
print str
# Close opend file
fo.close()

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