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Created March 17, 2014 14:52
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  1. viveksoundrapandi created this gist Mar 17, 2014.
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    from shutil import make_archive
    from django.core.servers.basehttp import FileWrapper
    def download(request,file_name=""):
    """
    A django view to zip files in directory and send it as downloadable response to the browser.
    Args:
    @request: Django request object
    @file_name: Name of the directory to be zipped
    Returns:
    A downloadable Http response
    """
    file_path = "/tmp/albums/"+file_name
    path_to_zip = make_archive(file_path,"zip",file_path)
    response = HttpResponse(FileWrapper(file(path_to_zip,'rb')), content_type='application/zip')
    response['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename='+file_name.replace(" ","_")+'.zip'
    return response