from django.http import HttpResponse, Http404 from django.db.models import Q from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404 from .models import DBFile def show_file(request, name): """ Get the file object referenced by :name: Render the decoded base64 representation of the file, applying the content_type (or closest representation) :return HttpResponse: Rendered file """ dbf = get_object_or_404(DBFile, name=name) response = HttpResponse( dbf.b64.decode('base64'), content_type=dbf.content_type) response['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename="{}"'.format( dbf.name) return response