How do I use django rest framework to send a file in response?

Question

I need to send a pdf file and some other parameters in response to a get API call using django rest framework.

How can I do it? I tried this but it gives an error

Answer 1

You can send pdf file as a response to any request without installing any packages.

You can do the following.

def get(request, *args, **kwargs):
    # some code
    # some code

    with fs.open("path/to/file/Report.pdf") as pdf:
        response = HttpResponse(pdf, content_type='application/pdf')
        filename = "Report.pdf"
        response['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename="{}"'.format(filename)

        return response

Now, open your postman and hit a get/post request.

Important: Before clicking send button in postman, select the option send and download.