下载文件链接产生404页面

Question

I am trying to create a link that allows a user to download a zip file that's been generated earlier in the python script. The script then writes an HTML link to a web page. The user should be able to click the link and download their zip file.

import os,sys
downloadZip = ("http://<server>/folder/structure/here/" + zipFileName + ".zip")
print """<h3><a href="{}" download>Download zip file</a></h3>""".format(downloadZip)

The result is a link that when clicked opens a 404 page. I've noticed that on that page, it displays

Physical Path      C:\inetpub\wwwroot\inputted\path\here\file.zip

I am testing this on the same server the processing is occurring on. I wouldn't think that should make a difference, but here I am. The end result should be a zip file downloaded to the user's pc.

Answer 1

Not sure if this would be helpful or not but I have noticed that some 'server package apps' disallow the execution/download of certain filetypes. I had a similar thing happen years ago.

To test if this is the case, create a new folder in your web directory and add an index.html page with some random writing (to identify that you have the correct page). Quickly try to access this page.

Next create a .zip file, put it in the same folder as the index.html file you just created, and add a Download link on the index.html page.

Now revisit the page, and try to download the file you created. If it works then there is a problem elsewhere, if it doesn't then whatever server package application you are using probably set Apache to block .zip files by default. Hope this helps buddy :)