python - Downloading file from FileField in Django with a HTTP link in a HTML file -


i create link when user press it, download pdf file media folder in django users machine.

i tried different methods wrong me. tells me file can not found, or code running file corrupted.

my html link:

<td>  <a href="/download/">download</a></td>

my url pattern links view:

url(r'^download/$', views.downloadpdf),

my filefield this: 

upload_pdf = models.filefield()

following snippet code view downloads corrupted pdf:

def downloadpdf(request):  filename = '/home/user/pycharmprojects/myproject/media/invoice_template.pdf' response = httpresponse(content_type='application/pdf') fileformat = "pdf" response['content-disposition'] = 'attachment; filename=thisismypdf'.format(fileformat) return response

so, have make working ?

with open(os.path.join(settings.media_root, 'invoice_template.pdf'), 'rb') fh:     response = httpresponse(fh.read(), content_type="application/pdf")     response['content-disposition'] = 'attachment; filename=invoice.pdf'     return response

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