Make Django return response as a “different filename”

Question

I have a Django view which returns an HttpResponse with a special MIME type to make the user\'s browser \"download\" the file instead of view it in the browser. Th

Answer 1

There's a relevant example in the docs:

from django.http import HttpResponse

def some_view(request):
    # Create the HttpResponse object with the appropriate headers.
    response = HttpResponse(content_type='application/pdf')
    response['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename="somefilename.pdf"'
    return response