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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/request-response.txt | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/docs/ref/request-response.txt b/docs/ref/request-response.txt index 58a7c3e7e4..28e5170595 100644 --- a/docs/ref/request-response.txt +++ b/docs/ref/request-response.txt @@ -1107,15 +1107,17 @@ Attributes optimized for binary files. It uses `wsgi.file_wrapper`_ if provided by the wsgi server, otherwise it streams the file out in small chunks. - If ``as_attachment=True``, the ``Content-Disposition`` header is set, which - asks the browser to offer the file to the user as a download. + If ``as_attachment=True``, the ``Content-Disposition`` header is set to + ``attachment``, which asks the browser to offer the file to the user as a + download. Otherwise, a ``Content-Disposition`` header with a value of + ``inline`` (the browser default) will be set only if a filename is + available. If ``open_file`` doesn't have a name or if the name of ``open_file`` isn't appropriate, provide a custom file name using the ``filename`` parameter. - The ``Content-Length``, ``Content-Type``, and ``Content-Disposition`` - headers are automatically set when they can be guessed from contents of - ``open_file``. + The ``Content-Length`` and ``Content-Type`` headers are automatically set + when they can be guessed from contents of ``open_file``. .. _wsgi.file_wrapper: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3333/#optional-platform-specific-file-handling |