Getting Started

Installation

Install via pip:

pip install django-sendfile2

And then add django_sendfile to INSTALLED_APPS in your settings module.

Note

It is not strictly nessessary to have django_sendfile in INSTALLED_APPS, but this may change in future.

You will need to have the following set in your settings module:

  • SENDFILE_BACKEND - the dotted module notation of the backend you wish to use

  • SENDFILE_ROOT - the directory you wish to serve files from

Additionally, you may need to set SENDFILE_URL . See the Backends documentation for more details.

Use In Views

Use the sendfile() function instead of the usual HttpResponse function:

from django_sendfile import sendfile

@login_required
def my_secret_view(request):
    return sendfile(request, "/opt/my_secret.txt", mimetype="text/plain")

Alternatively, if you prefer class based views something like this would be required:

from django_sendfile import sendfile

class MySecretView(LoginRequiredMixin, View):
    def render_to_response(self, context):
        return sendfile