[ckan-dev] Download text/geojson files, files without extension

Thu Oct 16 11:20:08 UTC 2014

Harold,

Sorry you don't understand me! I will try to be ultra clear:

The JSON file is displayed - that is working as designed and is not
considered a problem.

The extension issue should be solved if you upgrade to 2.2.1.

David

On 16 October 2014 12:04, harold carrel <haroldcb at hotmail.fr> wrote:
> Thanks for your answer!
> So if I've understood, there's no solution for the download problem yet?
>
> I've noticed that the preview of file without extension works on my
> development instance, but not on my production (using apache server).
> Do you think upgrading to 2.2.1 will solve the problem on my production
> instance?
> Best regards,
> Harold
>
>
>> Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 11:49:01 +0100
>> From: david.read at hackneyworkshop.com
>> To: ckan-dev at lists.okfn.org
>> Subject: Re: [ckan-dev] Download text/geojson files, files without
>> extension
>
>>
>> Harold,
>>
>> Your JSON file is delivered to your browser with the header
>> "Content-Type: application/json" as you'd expect, and I think it is
>> normal for your browser to decide whether to display it or download
>> it. JSON is pretty readable so it makes sense to display it. I imagine
>> CKAN could add extra headers to tell your browser to download it, but
>> I'm not sure that is normal or desired - you'd have to build a case
>> referring to well-known examples on the web where the behaviour was
>> different.
>>
>> The problem with downloads without file extensions - are you using
>> CKAN 2.2? I think you hit this issue:
>> https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/1534
>> and you just need to upgrade to 2.2.1.
>>
>> David
>>
>> On 16 October 2014 11:08, harold carrel <haroldcb at hotmail.fr> wrote:
>> > HI,
>> > I've noticed some problems with CKAN and I would like to know if
>> > somebody
>> > has a solution:
>> > - When I add a text or json file on my CKAN version, or in the CKAN demo
>> > version (http://demo.ckan.org/fr/), it can display it (I don't know if
>> > it
>> > uses the Data Proxy or not), but when I try to download it, the file is
>> > just
>> > displayed on a new web page instead of beeing downloaded... If you don't
>> > see
>> > what I mean, try on this example:
>> >
>> > http://demo.ckan.org/fr/dataset/sample-json/resource/b834935d-7645-4796-bfdd-a5ff47813d88
>> > Do someone has a solution to this?
>> > - I have also noticed that files which don't have extensions in their
>> > name
>> > couldn't be displaed or downloaded, even if the type is specified when
>> > adding the file on CKAN...
>> > Does CKAN only accepts file with extensions or is there a solution?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > Harold
>> >
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