> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Dewhirst [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Sonntag, 5. März 2006 06:17
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED] serving pdf
>
> How do I serve pdf output from python scripts directly to the user's
> browser?
The main thing is to set the mime type header so that the browser knows what to
expect, eg:
Content-type: application/pdf
It would also help if the extension is ".pdf" (The content-type is supposed to
be authoritative but some browsers get mixed up if the extension doesn't match
it).
Rgds,
Owen Boyle
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>
> I know I can write the output to a pdf file and then serve an
> intermediate page containing a link or button for the user to
> click but
> I want to bypass that step.
>
> The pdf output contains info the user wants to remain private so it
> would be brilliant to avoid writing it as a file then linking
> to it. I
> suppose I could delete the file afterwards if I'm forced to
> go that way.
>
> Also, we don't want the user to be able to alter the content
> hence html
> output - although easy - is not the way to go.
>
> Thanks for hints or links to more info. Professor Google
> hasn't been so
> helpful so far.
>
> Mike
>
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