Python Flask send pdf file using decoded request.content

Question

I'm having great difficulty downloading files from a sharepoint server in my flask application.

I'm making a get request to the sharepoint api to get the file and it looks successful when I print my download object

But I cant figure out how to decode the content and then send for download

I've tried the below

return send_file(BytesIO(download.content), mimetype='application/pdf', as_attachment=True, attachment_filename='test.pdf')

But when i try to open it looks like it hasn't decoded properly

Does this answer your question? [Flask handling a PDF as its own page](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18281433/flask-handling-a-pdf-as-its-own-page) — Prayson W. Daniel, Dec 04 '19 at 07:01
can you share the code where you make the request to the sharepoint api? — Hrishi, Dec 04 '19 at 07:16

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 04 '19 at 07:23

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If you are using requests module and the shortcut method get to make the get request, just returning the content along with the status_code and headers should do the trick

return download.content, download.status_code, download.headers.items()

answered Dec 04 '19 at 07:23

Hrishi

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wow, it worked. I swear i tried this combination! minor problem now any idea how to force the popup windows file name? – Rach Odwyer Dec 04 '19 at 22:27
is it something to do with 'Content-Disposition': 'attachment', – Rach Odwyer Dec 04 '19 at 22:29
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perfect ```download.headers['Content-Disposition'] = f'attachment; filename={file_name}'``` – Rach Odwyer Dec 04 '19 at 22:40

Python Flask send pdf file using decoded request.content

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