django not giving me the file even though it the link is directed to the file

Asked Nov 09 '19 at 10:04

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I am trying to download a file when a link is clicked. The link is generated dynamically using javascript when the file has been created. In my template the function that adds the links looks like:

function Download(desiredLink) {
            var a = $('<a />');
            a.attr('download',desiredLink);
            desiredLink = {{MEDIA_URL}}  +desiredLink+'.docx';
            a.attr('href',desiredLink);
            a.text("Download");
            $('body').append(a);
        };

I have specified the MEDIA_URL in my settings.py file like:

MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'documents/')
MEDIA_URL = '/documents/'

The link generated has the correct url when I inspect it. But when I click the button it tries to download the file but says Failed-No file. Any solution would be appreciated. The generated link looks like: localhost:8000/documents/test.docx. And the files are found in the documents folder which is found in the root folder of the project. Thanks in advance

edited Nov 09 '19 at 11:19

asked Nov 09 '19 at 10:04

Abdulaziz Yesuf

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54411175/how-to-fix-failed-no-file-on-download – JSRB Nov 09 '19 at 10:18
@Phanti are you suggesting I turn my files into .txt? – Abdulaziz Yesuf Nov 09 '19 at 11:06
What's the generated URL and where the file actually lies in the filesystem? – heemayl Nov 09 '19 at 11:14
@heemayl I have made an edit specifying the URL and the location of the file – Abdulaziz Yesuf Nov 09 '19 at 11:19
Okay. So e.g. a file reside in `/documents/file` and the URL is `/documents/file`? – heemayl Nov 09 '19 at 11:29
@heemayl No it says localhost:8000/documents/file – Abdulaziz Yesuf Nov 09 '19 at 11:33
Drop the hostname, otherwise it's like I mentioned? – heemayl Nov 09 '19 at 11:38
@heemayl yes it is – Abdulaziz Yesuf Nov 09 '19 at 11:41
Did you add the media URL to URLConf? – heemayl Nov 09 '19 at 11:44
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/202093/discussion-between-abdulaziz-yesuf-and-heemayl). – Abdulaziz Yesuf Nov 09 '19 at 11:45
@heemayl No I just specified it in the settings.py – Abdulaziz Yesuf Nov 09 '19 at 11:55

django not giving me the file even though it the link is directed to the file

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