On 23-Feb-09, at 1:44 PM, Katja Loeffler wrote:
> I have been looking for a solution to make a file download with prior
> authentication ...
>
> But this is not really "protected" since they can make the link public
> once they have it and everyone can download without prior login.
>
> I have used:
> (r'^site_media/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve',
> {'document_root': '/path/to/media'})
You don't really want use django.views.static.serve in the real world
anyway, you want to use Apache. And for Apache there is an
Authentication handler for mod_python that allows you to authenticate
a request for a static file.
http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/apache-auth/
Other webservers and tools may vary.
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Andy McKay
ClearWind Consulting: www.clearwind.ca
Blog: www.agmweb.ca/blog/andy
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