On Oct 19, 9:41 am, Nicolas Steinmetz <nsteinm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Re, > > Anybody for helping me in my quest ? > > Nicolas > > On 16 oct, 21:58, Nicolas Steinmetz <nsteinm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > I'm building a django app to manage the reverse proxies of my firm. I'm > > at the step where I want to generate configuration files for apache and > > then send it from the server that host the django app to the reverse > > proxies. > > > I built a view base on a generic view (object_detail) with some extra > > code. With a mimetype set to plain/text it generates the right > > configuration file as a view. > > > I read the doc regarding outputin csv/pdf file but they are proposed for > > download and not generated on the server itself. > > > I tried to play with render_to_string() (based on [1]) within a view but > > with no success so far. File is created but remains empty. You can see > > the code here [2] and the working view is here [3] > > > If someone already did something similar to what I need, I'll be glad to > > see some running code :) > > > Cheers, > > Nicolas > > > [1]http://www.djangosnippets.org/snippets/689/ > > [2]http://friendpaste.com/9emHQNyTWuLt10S8jlqhY > > [3]http://friendpaste.com/4Z2bikQnCVXQ1EKh1Puq9B
There's nothing magical about creating a file in Django, it's just Python. Assuming you have rights to write to a file, that should work. Is render_to_string producing anything? Can you try printing it to the console or the server log? -- DR. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
