django download csv file using a link

Question

I am a new to django and python. Need some guidance in this quest.

Case: When the user hits the submit button on a form, it should display Success page and a link wh

Answer 1

Now it works but i had to change file extension from excel (.xls) to csv.

My urls.py=url(r'^static/example.txt', send_file)
My HTML link=Download CSV File
My view.py

def send_file(request):

  import os, tempfile, zipfile
  from wsgiref.util import FileWrapper
  from django.conf import settings
  import mimetypes

  filename     = "C:\ex2.csv" # Select your file here.
  download_name ="example.csv"
  wrapper      = FileWrapper(open(filename))
  content_type = mimetypes.guess_type(filename)[0]
  response     = HttpResponse(wrapper,content_type=content_type)
  response['Content-Length']      = os.path.getsize(filename)    
  response['Content-Disposition'] = "attachment; filename=%s"%download_name
  return response