X-Sendfile is a special header that if it contains a path to a file, the webserver will ignore everything in response.body and serve the file that X-Sendfile header points to.
You can read more about it in a recent post. http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/69c871c1f9d89d62# TABLE is just one of the many web2py html helpers. Read http://web2py.com/book/default/section/5/2 -- Thadeus On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:52 AM, greenpoise <danel.sega...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am guessing the helper is TABLE? How would I use it though? I used > glob instead of listdir to predefine wildcards and it worked fine. > What is X-Sendfile? > > > thanks > > Dan > > On Apr 22, 11:35 am, Thadeus Burgess <thade...@thadeusb.com> wrote: >> Yes, for the view. It is web2py helpers constructing valid XHTML code >> that is properly escaped. >> >> Also, for situations like this, the X-Sendfile header would be perfect ! >> >> -- >> Thadeus >> >> On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 9:25 AM, greenpoise <danel.sega...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > It works. Thanks. Is this TABLE(*[TR(TD(f)) for the purpose of the >> > view? >> >> > On Apr 22, 10:01 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: >> >> just make sure you NEVER do os.chdir() that is not thread safe and >> >> breaks web2py. >> >> >> On Apr 22, 8:49 am, greenpoise <danel.sega...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> > will try and post. Thanks >> >> >> > dan >> >> >> > On Apr 22, 9:39 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: >> >> >> > > something like this? >> >> >> > > def folder(): >> >> > > import os >> >> > > return dict(files=TABLE(*[TR(TD(f)) for f in os.listdir('/ >> >> > > path/')])) >> >> >> > > On Apr 22, 7:48 am, greenpoise <danel.sega...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> > > > I want to display the contents (files) of a folder and be able to >> >> > > > click and download the files. How is this accomplished within a >> >> > > > controller? leads? any examples out there? I know there is os.path, >> >> > > > os.listdir and glob. Do I have to import the modules in Web2Py? >> >> >> > > > Thanks >> >> >> > > > -- >> >> > > > Subscription >> >> > > > settings:http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/subscribe?hl=en >
