[LRUG] Flex/Rails and downloading data to a file

[Jordi Noguera Leon]

So, this *send_data @data, :type => 'application/x-amf', :filename =>
"@filename, :disposition => 'inline' *should work?



On 28 April 2010 16:23, Jon Gilbraith <jon at professionalnerd.com> wrote:

> Jordi, you didn't mention the disposition there and if you don't specify
> 'inline' it'll default to attachment and prompt you to save rather than
> stream.
>
>
> On 28 April 2010 15:56, Jordi Noguera Leon <jordinoguera83 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> hey!
>>
>> @Neil, I don't quite see what you're trying to say... The thing is so far
>> there aren't any files, I have the contents of the file that should be
>> downloaded, but from here to downloading an actual file I have no clue how
>> to do it...
>>
>> @Ken, I've used send_data in other parts of the app where Flex wasn't used
>> and calling it caused a dialog to appear in order to save a file (something
>> like send_data(@my_data, :filename => :whatever)). So, what I was expecting
>> was send_data to start a file download.
>>
>> Jordi
>>
>>
>>
>> On 28 April 2010 14:58, Kenneth Lee <kenfodder at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  Hey,
>>>
>>> send_data sends binary data, not getting the expected results doesn't
>>> tell me much, can you find out what you are getting back? content-type
>>> etc... Also what are you expecting back, json, xml, a file?
>>>
>>> I recommend using curl or even a browser to talk to rails via http and
>>> see if the data is what you expect your Flex app to receive as really it's
>>> just acting as an API.
>>>
>>> Also for the invalid auth token just remove protect_from_forgery from
>>> you application controller, or at least that is where you should start as
>>> that is where the error is originating from I believe.
>>>
>>> Hope this gets you started.
>>>
>>> Ken
>>>
>>> Jordi Noguera Leon wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi there!
>>>
>>>  I'm struggling to solve the following problem. We have an app with a
>>> flex front end that displays some charts, each chart has a link to download
>>> the data displayed in that chart. To do this I tried to call a rails method
>>> that called send_data, but it didn't produce the expected results. It'd be
>>> good if there was an easy way to do this directly from Flex...
>>>
>>>  I've also been trying to follow the steps explained in this article<http://flexonrails.net/?p=5>,
>>> but I'm getting an Invalid Auth token error...
>>>
>>>  Does anyone have an idea?
>>>
>>>  Cheers,
>>> Jordi
>>>
>>>
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