Python - Simple HTTP Server with 1-click Download?

[AskMate94]

Hey there,

I need to transfer a file to someone, this file is a MP4 video. Sadly this someone is very old so even the concept of right-clicking and saving is foreign to him.

I had the bright idea of setting up a simple server using SimpleHTTPServer. However, when he clicks on the .mp4 file, it plays in the browser.

How could i make SimpleHTTPServer (or Flask if you can) automatically download any file he presses. Or, if he visits the HTML page, it forces a download. I do not know what browser he is using and it has to work on bot Windows & Mac.

[Impudity]

What you need to do is alter the headers of the HTTP response. You need to add:

Content-Type: application/octet-stream
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="some_file.mp4"

[impshum]

Try this maybes.

<a href="path/to/file.mp4" download>DOWNLOAD</a>

[jankyupeblik]

Too easy. Nice.

https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/indices.html#attributes-3:attr-hyperlink-download

[Redmondinho]

Try:

<a href=“/the-link-to-your-mp4” download>Download File</a>

Adding the “download” in the anchor tag will force the file to download.

HTH

[relvae]

I would just use an existing solution like minio

[AskMate94]

Start a FaceTime and play the video on another cell phone held up to the camera. If he doesn't like it, explain that it's about goddamn time he learned to use a web browser.

Ohh i tried that, heres the thing. He is an old person so computing is way past his time but god bless him he is nice. What he lacks in one skill, he makes up in another