Hi guys, i need help downloading results as csv, i am failing dismally I dont know what to do After the search results return values I want to download those results into my computer somewhere the current version of my code is giving me an error: *<class 'TypeError'> string indices must be integers*
Here is my code *FROM THE SEARCH VIEW:* * <a href="{{=URL('download_results', args=request.vars)}}" class="btn">Download Results as CSV</a>* *DOWNLOAD CONTROLLER:* *import csvfrom io import StringIOdef download_results(): # Retrieve the filtered records records = request.vars # CSV data csv_data = [] csv_data.append(['First Name', 'Last Name', 'Program', 'Study Mode']) # Header row for record in records: csv_data.append([record['first_name'], record['last_name'], record['program'], record['study_mode']]) # Create a response to download the CSV file response.headers['Content-Type'] = 'text/csv' response.headers['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename=registration_results.csv' # Write CSV data to a StringIO object output = StringIO() csv_writer = csv.writer(output) for row in csv_data: csv_writer.writerow(row) # Return the content as bytes return output.getvalue().encode('utf-8')* -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/a0d814f4-83b7-402a-8aa8-aa17528625a1n%40googlegroups.com.