If it doesn't require authorization (seems unlikely here), would a simple redirect to the tar file work?
If it does, look into X-Sendfile if you're using Apache (you need mod_xsendfile) or lighty, or X-Accel-Redirect under nginx. You do only what you need to in the Django view and hand off the actual delivery to the web server. There've been several threads covering it in this group. On Jun 23, 2008, at 8:43 PM, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > So perhaps a feature request is needed then? A simple way to hijack > the > response to have full control over said response would be > sufficient. We > certainly can't assume that putting all responses through the entire > Django stack is always desirable. Sometimes you just need more > flexibility. > > I suppose that piece of code could be a simple Python CGI, but > having to > break out of the framework indicates a deficiency there. > > I wonder if I could pull this off with a custom HttpResponse subclass. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
