CGI header_props for Filesize?

debiandude has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello everyone,

I have a section of my website that allows people to download a file. I don't want the file to display in the browser so I force it to be an attachment. Right now I set the following header properties:

 -type          => $types->mimeTypeOf($path),
 -attachment    => $filename,
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However, I noticed that when downloading from an non-internal machine (because on the local network it happens to fast for me to notice) that the file download/browser will say x bytes of unknown completed. Is there a way for me to specifc how my bytes in the file so that the browser will be able to calculate the estimated time.

I looked in the POD for CGI::Application but I didn't see anything.

Thanks in advance!

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Re: CGI header_props for Filesize? by rhesa (Vicar) on May 27, 2006 at 21:10 UTC
I recommend CGI::Application::Plugin::Stream for this. It'll take care of those details for you. That being said, the appropriate header is: `-Content_Length => 42, # bytes` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: CGI header_props for Filesize? by debiandude (Scribe) on May 27, 2006 at 21:14 UTC
Looks like you beat me too it! Thanks for the help though. I am going to check out that module you reccomened.	[reply]
Re: CGI header_props for Filesize? by debiandude (Scribe) on May 27, 2006 at 21:13 UTC
Hey! I just checked out the W3's site for the definition of the HTTP/1.1 Header and found that the field that you need to set is 'Content lenght'. So just in case anyone later on in life if curious I needed to add this to my code: `$self->header_props( { -type => $types->mimeTypeOf($path), -attachment => $filename, -Content_length => $fsize, } );` [download] Thanks all!	[reply] [d/l]