[Zope-dev] Writing results directly back to browser

[David S. Harrison]

Maybe I am not being clear.  There is no image file.  It will be generated
completely from within the external method.  I would like the external
method to write to some sort of sink that will deliver the bits
directly to the browser.  If I can help it, I don't want the image
to be written to disk at all.

Pavlos Christoforou wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, David S. Harrison wrote:
> 
> > for suggestions on a couple of fronts: how can I wire this infrastructure
> > into DTML and how does one write directly back to the browser from
> > an external method?
> >
> 
> Hi David -
> 
> You can actually just return the image file from the external method. For
> instance if your method is called gen_im
> 
> def gen_im(self):
>         imag=doimage...
>         return imag
> 
> then going to its URL will actually return the image. You might want to
> set the header through the Response object. Similarly you can just call
> the external method from DTML.
> 
> (I think I am not clear but I haven't had my shakky coffee yet)
> 
> Pavlos