How to return generated file download with Django REST Framework?

Question

I need to return generated file download as a Django REST Framework response. I tried the following:

def retrieve(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
    template =         


        

Answer 1

This may work for you:

file_path = file_url
FilePointer = open(file_path,"r")
response = HttpResponse(FilePointer,content_type='application/msword')
response['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename=NameOfFile'

return response.

For FrontEnd code refer this