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Re: [mv] Serving non-html files with minivend (or: software payloads)
Cameron,
Sounds like normal cgi http header (Content -type: text/html) is already being sent to the browser beforehand, otherwise it'd see the Content-type: application/zip and just download the file. I wonder if there's a facility in minivend to make it NOT send the http header in a particular instance.
I'm interested in how you managed to create the download store, as I've been put in charge of creating such a site. The minivend docs state that it should be a simple thing to setup, but I have not seen any examples, and a clear way to do this eludes me.
Can you please let me know how this works out? Better yet, any chance of seeing your code? :)
Cameron Oltmann wrote:
> ****** message to minivend-users from "Cameron Oltmann" <scrumper@earthling.net> ******
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am setting up a site from which I wish to deliver electronic payloads upon
> successful completion of an order. I have it almost working, but have run
> into a small problem. I can deliver the payload via a script page with an
> include directive, but the browser just treats it as text and dumps it to
> the screen. I need to somehow tell the user's browser that the file should
> be downloaded rather than displayed. Essentially, I need to tell it that it
> is an application rather than text. Currently, I have a link that points to
> a page which is just a short minivend script that serves the payload if the
> user has the right to download it. Here's the code for the page:
>
> Content-type: application/zip
>
> [file name="payloads/[scratch name='[data session arg]Payload']"]
>
> (Yes, I know the code is crude, but I need to get this working. I can
> pretty it up after it's functional)
> This results in the top line appearing in the browser window, along with the
> contents of the payload file. I added the first line in hopes that the
> browser would interpret the page differently, but I assume Minivend is
> already adding a "Content-type: text/html" to the beginning.
> So here's my question: How do I do any of the following:
> 1) Make the browser think the file is anything other than text.
> 2) Make minivend serve a non-html page
> 3) Make minivend handle software payloads
>
> Any help/criticism is greatly appreciated. Thanks, all.
>
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> Pounding away on my keyboard
> in the dark.
>
> Cameron
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