Set file name in response for download

 · is there a way to change the name of a file before i download it to my pc. 3 replies 1 has this problem views; Last reply by user67 6 years ago. user 9/22/15, AM. more options. Quote; When I download a file it shows up in my download folder as "bltadwin.ru". If I have more than one, the is a number after document. In your MVC controller method, set the Response properties to indicate the Content Type as text/csv, set the content length and file name that will be downloaded to the user's browser as an attachment. Write the string data to the response, then close and end the response. The user will see a csv file download in their browser. When they open the csv file, their associated program (such as Excel) will open the file.

Quoted pairs (escaping) cannot be used because it breaks existing software. Instead, escape " as %22 and keep backslash as \ because that is the de-facto standard followed by all existing software. For instance, if you upload a file named foo"bar\, the browser sends filename="foo%22bar\" (tested with Firefox and Chrome on Mac in ). If you try to follow the RFC and treat \" as an escape. Add an HTTP response header named Content-Disposition and give it the value attachment; filename=fileName, where fileName is the default file name that should appear in the File Download dialog box. 1. Sping MVC File Download Controller. Let's look at an example implementation for file download controller. File Downloads. The download method may be used to generate a response that forces the user's browser to download the file at the given path. The download method accepts a file name as the second argument to the method, which will determine the file name that is seen by the user downloading the file. Finally, you may pass an array of HTTP.

Reusable Download Route/Controller. Now let's make a reusable file download route and controller so we can server up any file in our public/files directory.. Create the controller. Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=file bltadwin.ru The header also allows you to control the default file name. This can be handy if you’re generating the content in something like bltadwin.ru but you want to supply a more meaningful file name to the user. Step I have an application which reads a file from my local file system sends the same file as a response Step If we hit the URL after deploying the application, we will find the “file.