File Sharing Site in Python

Question

I wanted to design a simple site where one person can upload a file, and pass off the random webaddress to someone, who can then download it.

At this point, I have a

Answer 1

You should send the right HTTP Response, containing the binary data and making the browser react on it.

Try this (I haven't) if you're using Django:

response = HttpResponse()
response['X-Sendfile'] = os.path.join(settings.MEDIA_ROOT, file.file.path)
content_type, encoding = mimetypes.guess_type(file.file.read())            
if not content_type:
    content_type = 'application/octet-stream'            
response['Content-Type'] = content_type            
response['Content-Length'] = file.file.size            
response['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename="%s"' % file.file.name
return response

Source: http://www.chicagodjango.com/blog/permission-based-file-serving/