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Asked: May 26, 20262026-05-26T11:07:20+00:00 2026-05-26T11:07:20+00:00

I am trying to send a file via send_file, in rails 3… The file

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I am trying to send a file via send_file, in rails 3… The file is found and is seemingly sent too, but for some reason it is not received…

Also even though :disposition => ‘inline’ is set, the browser always shows a “download box”…

In nginx conf, sendfile is set to on…

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    2026-05-26T11:07:21+00:00Added an answer on May 26, 2026 at 11:07 am

    I had the same problem, I looked at the response headers and saw the response type was being set as application/octet-stream. Try setting the file’s mime type when calling send_file

    send_file file, :disposition => 'inline', :type => 'image/png'

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