Question

I have a server running and a web client accessing it to download file.

When I access

server/…/MyFile/

the file named “MyFile” is downloaded and a pop up “Open , Save as” is displayed.
When I click save as, the proposed name is “MyFile”.

How do I change it to another name?

p.s. I can not change /MyFile to /SomeOtherFile, since this link contains another file each time, depending on the work done by the server. Thus, the proposal “MyFile” in save as in meaningless. I would prefer to propose the name of the file I actually downloaded.

Thanks
Yura

Answer 1

You need to send this header with it:

content-disposition: attachment; filename="somefilename.ext"

In Asp.Net it is the following. But what language, framework and server are you using?

context.Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment; filename=\"somefilename.txt\"");

If you use Java servlets it is something like this: (Not used Java for some time)

protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
            throws ServletException, IOException {
    response.setHeader("content-disposition", "attachment; filename=\"somefilename.ext\"");

    //Write the file to response and maybe set content type
}