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I need to stream a file to the Response for saving on the end user's machine. The file is plain text, so what content type can I use to prevent the text being displayed in the browser?
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Podcasts, webcasts, movies, TV shows and music videos are common forms of streaming content.
In a regular HTTP response, the Content-Disposition response header is a header indicating if the content is expected to be displayed inline in the browser, that is, as a Web page or as part of a Web page, or as an attachment, that is downloaded and saved locally.
Click and drag to select the text on the Web page you want to extract and press “Ctrl-C” to copy the text. Open a text editor or document program and press “Ctrl-V” to paste the text from the Web page into the text file or document window. Save the text file or document to your computer.
To be on the safe side and ensure consistent behavior in all browsers, it's usually better to use both:
Content-Type: application/octet-stream Content-Disposition: attachment;filename=\"My Text File.txt\" If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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