Any thoughts on this? Still trying to get it to work. Thanks On Mar 5, 2:56 pm, DavidV <david.v.villa...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have recreated a number of StreamingResponse methods from both the > Loop link above and the Lift book and I still can't seem to get the > desired effect. I have been able to get a PlainTextResponse to work > by using LiftRules.dispatch in the Boot, like so: > > LiftRules.dispatch.prepend { > case Req(("analysis" :: "inprocess" :: Nil), _, _) => > () => Full(PlainTextResponse("test")) > } > > However, I am unable to get any sort of streaming response to work in > the particular snippet which contains the data I would like to use. > Here are some of the methods I've tried: > > def textResponse: Box[LiftResponse] = { > println("TEXT RESPONSE") > val ab = "text would go here" > Full(PlainTextResponse(ab, > ("Content-Type" -> "text/plain") :: Nil, 200 > )) > } > > def streamingResponseFile: Box[LiftResponse] = { > println("STREAMING RESPONSE FILE") > val file: File = new File( > "C:\\Source\\trunk\\eclipse\\testLift\\src\\main\\webapp\\images\ > \ultra.png" > ) > val length = file.length > val fileInput = new java.io.FileInputStream(file) > Full(StreamingResponse(fileInput, > () => { fileInput.close }, > length, > ("Content-Type" -> "image/png") :: Nil, > Nil, > 200) > ) > } > > Do I have to make a LiftRules.dispatch function in the Boot in > addition to the StreamingResponse in my snippet? > > I am trying to download plain text, but it is variable and dependent > on some parameters and other variables in the particular Snippet > class. Would I have to pass that data into the boot method in order > to get the desired response? I would prefer to handle it entirely in > the snippet itself. > > Finally, I'm not really sure how exactly to handle the > Full(StreamingResponse) once I have created it in order to actually > download the data and save it to the client computer. Although I > assume the browser will handle this one I've formatted the Response > correctly and actually have it working. > > Thanks again, > David > > On Mar 4, 11:13 am, Marius <marius.dan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > If you want todownloadthrough Lift than yes you can use > > StreamingResponse, or simply any other LiftResponse (depending on your > > mime-type) and use LiftRules.dispatch mechanism. But you could also > > let the container to serve thefile. By default Lift is trying to > > serve .html, .xhtml, .htm, .xml etc.. You can write your own rules by > > setting > > > LiftRules.liftRequest = { > > case req => true // Pattern match whatever you like and return a > > Boolean > > > } > > > If Lift cannot find a resource for some reason and you want the > > container (or subsequent filters) to handle that you can set > > > LiftRules.passNotFoundToChain = true > > > On 4 mar., 17:09, DavidV <david.v.villa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I am also looking todownloadafilefrom the server that is hosting > > > my Lift web app. There is a very useful fileUpload method in the > > > SHtml class and I was wondering if there may be something similar for > > > afiledownload? I was unable to find anything, and searching for > > > "Lift" or "Scala Liftdownload" on Google returns nothing but pages to > > >downloadthe libraries, plugins or source code. I suppose I could use > > > the StreamingResponse, but I am already saving thefileI need to the > > > server and it would be nice to be able todownloadit to any client > > > computer with the typical "Browse" button, similar to the upload, > > > Thanks, > > > David > > > > On Feb 14, 3:58 pm, Gang <wangga...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Thanks Tim, that's exactly what I'm looking for! > > > > > On Feb 14, 11:27 am, Timothy Perrett <timo...@getintheloop.eu> wrote: > > > > > > See: > > > > > >http://blog.getintheloop.eu/2009/3/19/understanding-lift-s-streamingr... > > > > > > Construct the CSV in memory and just then stuff it into a streaming > > > > > response as a byte array. > > > > > > Cheers, Tim > > > > > > On 14 Feb 2010, at 16:18, Gang wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > I have a question and it may not be a pure Lift one. But since I'm > > > > > > working on a Lift app and this group is the most responsive one I > > > > > > have > > > > > > seen, might just try it here. > > > > > > > I need todownloaddata from database in CSV format. What is the best > > > > > > approach within Lift framework? Do I have to write the data on the > > > > > > server somewhere and then provide user with a link? I have tried to > > > > > > google "scala, lift,filedownload...", but could not come up with > > > > > > what I'm looking for. Maybe I didn't use the right key words in > > > > > > search? Thanks in advance! > > > > > > > Brs > > > > > > Gang > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > > Groups "Lift" group. > > > > > > To post to this group, send email to lift...@googlegroups.com. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > > liftweb+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > > > > For more options, visit this group > > > > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en.-Hidequotedtext- > > > > > > - Show quoted text -
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