[Catalyst] File downloads - Plugin?

[Matt S Trout]

On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 04:32:32PM +0100, Toby Corkindale wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 03:55:51PM +0100, Matt S Trout wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 02:55:58PM +0100, Toby Corkindale wrote:
> > > Ah, the thing is, I'd like to continue to use Catalyst for the authentication
> > > and session management in regards to retrieving these files - plus there is
> > > metadata associated with the files-in-database that is accessed/modified when
> > > you go to download the file.
> > > 
> > > It'd just be.. nice.. if I could do it thru Catalyst.
> > 
> > What you *could* do is mirror them to disk and then use the latest version
> > of AndyG's Static::Simple plugin, which under mod_perl will return DECLINED
> > - at which point apache will serve them, but you still go through Catalyst
> > in the process.
> 
> Hmm, so upon the request I dump the blob to a temporary disk file, then do
> a redirect? yeah, that could work.. Is there any danger of the user being able
> to manually specify a different filename and accessing the other users' data?

No no no, static returns DECLINED which makes apache try the file *for the
same request*. No redirect required, so no danger - every request still goes
through Catalyst; that way it can return DECLINED to apache if they're allowed
to see the file, or send an error page from your Catalyst app as normal.
the file, 

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