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Diffstat (limited to 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/streaming.rb')
| -rw-r--r-- | actionpack/lib/action_controller/streaming.rb | 23 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/streaming.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/streaming.rb index 186e0e5531..333fb61b45 100644 --- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/streaming.rb +++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/streaming.rb @@ -12,19 +12,21 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc: X_SENDFILE_HEADER = 'X-Sendfile'.freeze protected - # Sends the file by streaming it 4096 bytes at a time. This way the - # whole file doesn't need to be read into memory at once. This makes - # it feasible to send even large files. + # Sends the file, by default streaming it 4096 bytes at a time. This way the + # whole file doesn't need to be read into memory at once. This makes it + # feasible to send even large files. You can optionally turn off streaming + # and send the whole file at once. # - # Be careful to sanitize the path parameter if it coming from a web + # Be careful to sanitize the path parameter if it is coming from a web # page. <tt>send_file(params[:path])</tt> allows a malicious user to # download any file on your server. # # Options: # * <tt>:filename</tt> - suggests a filename for the browser to use. # Defaults to <tt>File.basename(path)</tt>. - # * <tt>:type</tt> - specifies an HTTP content type. - # Defaults to 'application/octet-stream'. + # * <tt>:type</tt> - specifies an HTTP content type. Defaults to 'application/octet-stream'. + # * <tt>:length</tt> - used to manually override the length (in bytes) of the content that + # is going to be sent to the client. Defaults to <tt>File.size(path)</tt>. # * <tt>:disposition</tt> - specifies whether the file will be shown inline or downloaded. # Valid values are 'inline' and 'attachment' (default). # * <tt>:stream</tt> - whether to send the file to the user agent as it is read (+true+) @@ -35,6 +37,12 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc: # * <tt>:url_based_filename</tt> - set to +true+ if you want the browser guess the filename from # the URL, which is necessary for i18n filenames on certain browsers # (setting <tt>:filename</tt> overrides this option). + # * <tt>:x_sendfile</tt> - uses X-Sendfile to send the file when set to +true+. This is currently + # only available with Lighttpd/Apache2 and specific modules installed and activated. Since this + # uses the web server to send the file, this may lower memory consumption on your server and + # it will not block your application for further requests. + # See http://blog.lighttpd.net/articles/2006/07/02/x-sendfile and + # http://tn123.ath.cx/mod_xsendfile/ for details. Defaults to +false+. # # The default Content-Type and Content-Disposition headers are # set to download arbitrary binary files in as many browsers as @@ -99,8 +107,7 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc: # # Options: # * <tt>:filename</tt> - suggests a filename for the browser to use. - # * <tt>:type</tt> - specifies an HTTP content type. - # Defaults to 'application/octet-stream'. + # * <tt>:type</tt> - specifies an HTTP content type. Defaults to 'application/octet-stream'. # * <tt>:disposition</tt> - specifies whether the file will be shown inline or downloaded. # Valid values are 'inline' and 'attachment' (default). # * <tt>:status</tt> - specifies the status code to send with the response. Defaults to '200 OK'. |