[mod_python] <no subject>

Dustin Mitchell dustin at ywlcs.org
Sat Jun 7 14:14:19 EST 2003


On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 05:27:49PM +0200, martin voigt wrote:
> hi *,
> 
> how do i use a content handler to send binary data to the client? the write method supports only strings.

Python holds arbitrary binary data in strings.  So you can do, e.g.,

data = open("my.gif", "r").read()
req.content_type = 'image/gif'
req.send_http_header()
req.write(data)

Dustin

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