I need to stream a file which will result in save as prompt in the browser.
The issue is, the directory that the file is located is virtually mapped, so I am unable to use Server.MapPath to determine it’s actual location. The directory is not in the same location (or even phyical server on the live boxes) as the website.
I have a class DocumentGenerator which wraps a MemoryStream. So I have implemented IDisposable on the class.
I am writing an ASP.NET Web API application that requires me to accept a file upload and forward that file on to another HTTP endpoint.
For an application I’m working on, I need to allow the user to upload very large files–i.e., potentially many gigabytes–via our website. Unfortunately, ASP.NET MVC appears to load the entire request into RAM before beginning to service it–not exactly ideal for such an application. Notably, trying to circumvent the issue via code such as the following:
This code streams large files to our users:
I have the following code which downloads video content:
I use the following code to stream large files from the Internet into a local file:
I’m trying to get the ‘hello world’ of streaming responses working for Django (1.2). I figured out how to use a generator and the yield function. But the response still not streaming. I suspect there’s a middleware that’s mucking with it — maybe ETAG calculator? But I’m not sure how to disable it. Can somebody please help?