how return json as text file in django rest framework

Question

That's a very naive question which means that I don't understand something very basic about how DRF works, but still: What is the way get a response from DRF in a form of text file containing json?

I have a ListAPIView:

class MyModelJSONView(generics.ListAPIView):
   serializer_class = MySerializer
   queryset = MyModel.objects.all()

I guess I should re-write the get method of this ListAPIView somehow to get a text file (I assume by adding Content-Disposition to a response. But how?

A similar question was asked and answered here.

TheZeke
– TheZeke

2018-04-02 01:50:02 +00:00
Commented Apr 2, 2018 at 1:50 — TheZeke
– TheZeke, Commented Apr 2, 2018 at 1:50
You can always save the JSON response to a text file.

Dušan Maďar
– Dušan Maďar

2018-04-02 09:56:15 +00:00
Commented Apr 2, 2018 at 9:56 — Dušan Maďar
– Dušan Maďar, Commented Apr 2, 2018 at 9:56

Sergiy Miletskyi · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-02 11:56:28Z

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class MyModelJSONView(generics.ListAPIView):

    def get(self, request):

        filename = 'test.txt'
        queryset = MyModel.objects.all()
        serializer = MySerializer(queryset)
        response = HttpResponse(serializer.data, content_type='text/plain; charset=UTF-8')
        response['Content-Disposition'] = ('attachment; filename={0}'.format(filename))

        return response

answered Apr 2, 2018 at 11:56

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