Downloadable file "on the fly"

[Milo Thurston]

I'd like to have a cgi script produce it's output
as a downloadable .csv file rather than displaying it on screen.
In perl, I used to do it this way:

@stuff = qw(some items in an array);
print $cgi->header(-TYPE => 'text/plain',
-EXPIRES => 'now',
-ATTACHMENT => 'download.csv');
foreach (@stuff) { print "$_\cI"; }
exit 0;

Any suggestions on doing the same with ruby? A direct translation
of the code doesn't seem to be very effective - I get only a blank
page.
Thanks for any suggestions.

 

[ts]

Try this (*not tested*)

M> @stuff = qw(some items in an array);

stuff = %w(some items in an array)

M> print $cgi->header(-TYPE => 'text/plain',
M> -EXPIRES => 'now',
M> -ATTACHMENT => 'download.csv');

puts cgi.header(
"type" => "text/plain",
"Date" => Time.now,
"Expires" => Time.now,
"Content-Disposition" => 'attachment; filename="download.cvs"')

M> foreach (@stuff) { print "$_\cI"; }

puts stuff.join("\t")


Guy Decoux

 

[Milo Thurston]

Try this (*not tested*)
Thanks.

puts cgi.header(
"type" => "text/plain",
"Date" => Time.now,
"Expires" => Time.now,
"Content-Disposition" => 'attachment; filename="download.cvs"')

That was the main part that was giving be problems - I'll try it out.
Milo.