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non-standard HTTP header supported by Apache to offload the process of serving large static files from dynamic scripts (eg: PHP, Python, Perl) after they have performed the necessary authorization or restriction logic.

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Fastest Way to Serve a File Using PHP

I'm trying to put together a function that receives a file path, identifies what it is, sets the appropriate headers, and serves it just like Apache would. The reason I am doing this is because I need to use PHP to process some information about the…
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In Ruby on Rails, After send_file method delete the file from server

I am using following code for sending the file in Rails. if File.exist?(file_path) send_file(file_path, type: 'text/excel') File.delete(file_path) end In this I am trying to send the file and delete the file from server once it is been send…
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Django - Understanding X-Sendfile

I've been doing some research regarding file downloads with access control, using Django. My goal is to completely block access to a file, except when accessed by a specific user. I've read that when using Django, X-Sendfile is one of the methods of…
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Using X-Sendfile with Apache/PHP

I can't seem to find much documentation on X-Sendfile or example code for PHP (there is some rails code). Anyone used it before and would mind giving a quick snippet of code and a brief description?
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Rails + X-Sendfile serving large video to Ipad

I have an application serving large (some hundreds of MB) video files and it is working perfectly on desktop browsers, using Rails + X-Sendfile on Apache. An important requirement is that these videos must be private and visible only to logged…
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Serving Large Files Through Nginx via Rails 2.3 Using x-sendfile

Let's say I have a Rails 2.3.2 application fronted by nginx and served by mongrel in which I need to serve a large static file through Rails (to control access to it). I want the Rails app to delegate the transfer of the file to nginx, to avoid…
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rails media file stream accept byte range request through send_data or send_file method

I have the following problem. Sounds are hidden from the public folder, cause there are only certain Users who should have access to the sound files. So I made a certain method, which acts like a sound url, but calculates first, whether the current…
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iOS 10 won't send session ID when trying to deliver mp4 via X-Sendfile

I have a PHP file who's sole job is to check if a user is logged in + if a session variable is set, then delivers a file via nginx X-Sendfile. It works perfectly on any desktop browser, and previously on any mobile browser - but fails on any ios 10…
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Message "X-Accel-Mapping header missing" in Nginx error log

I am running a Rails 3 site on Ubuntu 8.04 with Nginx 1.0.0 and Passenger 3.0.7. In my Nginx error.log I started seeing the message X-Accel-Mapping header missing quite a lot. Googling lead me to the docs of Rack::Sendfile and to the Nginx…
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Test if X-Sendfile header is working

I am looking for a way to confirm if X-Sendfile is properly handling requests handed back to the webserver by a script (PHP). Images are being served correctly but I thought I would see the header in curl requests. $ curl -I…
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rails - x-sendfile + temporary files

Some time ago I wrote a question regarding the use of temporary files within a rails app. On thar particular case, I decided to use tempfile This causes a problem if I also want to use the x-sendfile directive (as a parameter in Rails 2, or as a…
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Caching images in browser with URL parameters and XSendFile

I am trying to set up a site so that users only have access to their own images and audio files. To to this I am using variables in the URL such as: On the front-end I am using React JS…
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fatal error: 'apr.h' file not found when installing x-sendfile mac os x mountain lion server

When I upgraded my Lion Server to Mountain Lion, it seems that it removed my mod_xsendfile from apache. I followed the instructions from this web site, but got stuck with a "No such file or directory" error. With some help from google i found this…
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mod_xsendfile with symbolic links

I'm running into an issue using xsendfile with my Rails 3 app. I'm using capistrano to manage deployments and in each release, there is a symbolic link to the shared/assets dir (e.g. /var/www/site/releases/1234/assets =>…
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XsendFile with apache and django

I have my django served by apache using Vhost. The conf file is the following WSGIPythonPath /srv/www/myproject/testproject/ ServerAdmin admin@betarhombus.com ServerName www.betarhombus.com WSGIScriptAlias /…
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