django-downloadview/django_downloadview/shortcuts.py

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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""Port of django-sendfile in django-downloadview."""
from django_downloadview.views.path import PathDownloadView
def sendfile(request, filename, attachment=False, attachment_filename=None,
mimetype=None, encoding=None):
"""Port of django-sendfile's API in django-downloadview.
Instantiates a :class:`~django_downloadview.views.path.PathDownloadView` to
stream the file by ``filename``.
"""
view = PathDownloadView.as_view(path=filename,
attachment=attachment,
basename=attachment_filename,
mimetype=mimetype,
encoding=encoding)
return view(request)