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django-sendfile2

library0.7.2pypypi✓ verified 81d ago

Abstraction to offload file uploads to web-server (e.g. Apache with mod_xsendfile) once Django has checked permissions etc. Current version 0.7.2, maintenance mode.

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pip install django-sendfile2

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django-sendfile2

devopspythonv0.7.2

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sendfile

✓ from django_sendfile import sendfile

✗ from sendfile import sendfile

Basic usage to serve a file with x-sendfile header.

from django.http import HttpResponse from sendfile import sendfile def download_view(request, filepath): # filepath is absolute path to file return sendfile(request, filepath, attachment=True, attachment_filename='report.pdf')

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Known issues

gotchaImport is from sendfile, not from django-sendfile2. The package name on PyPI is django-sendfile2, but the module is sendfile.

fix

Use 'from sendfile import sendfile'

affects: all

gotchaThe filepath must be an absolute path on the filesystem. Relative paths or paths outside the allowed root will raise SuspiciousFileOperation.

fix

Ensure filepath starts with '/' and is within the SENDFILE_ROOT setting

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deprecatedThe 'sendfile' function in version 0.4.0 changed signature; 'mimetype' parameter replaced by 'content_type'. Old code using 'mimetype' may break.

fix

Use 'content_type' instead of 'mimetype'

affects: >=0.4.0

gotchaThe library does not support streaming or large files if SENDFILE_BACKEND is set to 'simple' (Django dev server). It reads the entire file into memory.

fix

Use a production backend like 'sendfile.backends.xsendfile' for Apache or 'sendfile.backends.nginx' for nginx

affects: all

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Version history

0.7.2latest on PyPI · released Apr 6, 2025

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