| # content-disposition |
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| Create and parse HTTP `Content-Disposition` header |
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| ## Installation |
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| ```sh |
| $ npm install content-disposition |
| ``` |
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| ## API |
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| ```js |
| var contentDisposition = require('content-disposition') |
| ``` |
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| ### contentDisposition(filename, options) |
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| Create an attachment `Content-Disposition` header value using the given file name, |
| if supplied. The `filename` is optional and if no file name is desired, but you |
| want to specify `options`, set `filename` to `undefined`. |
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| ```js |
| res.setHeader('Content-Disposition', contentDisposition('∫ maths.pdf')) |
| ``` |
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| **note** HTTP headers are of the ISO-8859-1 character set. If you are writing this |
| header through a means different from `setHeader` in Node.js, you'll want to specify |
| the `'binary'` encoding in Node.js. |
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| #### Options |
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| `contentDisposition` accepts these properties in the options object. |
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| ##### fallback |
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| If the `filename` option is outside ISO-8859-1, then the file name is actually |
| stored in a supplemental field for clients that support Unicode file names and |
| a ISO-8859-1 version of the file name is automatically generated. |
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| This specifies the ISO-8859-1 file name to override the automatic generation or |
| disables the generation all together, defaults to `true`. |
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| - A string will specify the ISO-8859-1 file name to use in place of automatic |
| generation. |
| - `false` will disable including a ISO-8859-1 file name and only include the |
| Unicode version (unless the file name is already ISO-8859-1). |
| - `true` will enable automatic generation if the file name is outside ISO-8859-1. |
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| If the `filename` option is ISO-8859-1 and this option is specified and has a |
| different value, then the `filename` option is encoded in the extended field |
| and this set as the fallback field, even though they are both ISO-8859-1. |
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| ##### type |
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| Specifies the disposition type, defaults to `"attachment"`. This can also be |
| `"inline"`, or any other value (all values except inline are treated like |
| `attachment`, but can convey additional information if both parties agree to |
| it). The type is normalized to lower-case. |
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| ### contentDisposition.parse(string) |
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| ```js |
| var disposition = contentDisposition.parse('attachment; filename="EURO rates.txt"; filename*=UTF-8\'\'%e2%82%ac%20rates.txt') |
| ``` |
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| Parse a `Content-Disposition` header string. This automatically handles extended |
| ("Unicode") parameters by decoding them and providing them under the standard |
| parameter name. This will return an object with the following properties (examples |
| are shown for the string `'attachment; filename="EURO rates.txt"; filename*=UTF-8\'\'%e2%82%ac%20rates.txt'`): |
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| - `type`: The disposition type (always lower case). Example: `'attachment'` |
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| - `parameters`: An object of the parameters in the disposition (name of parameter |
| always lower case and extended versions replace non-extended versions). Example: |
| `{filename: "€ rates.txt"}` |
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| ## Examples |
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| ### Send a file for download |
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| ```js |
| var contentDisposition = require('content-disposition') |
| var destroy = require('destroy') |
| var fs = require('fs') |
| var http = require('http') |
| var onFinished = require('on-finished') |
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| var filePath = '/path/to/public/plans.pdf' |
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| http.createServer(function onRequest (req, res) { |
| // set headers |
| res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/pdf') |
| res.setHeader('Content-Disposition', contentDisposition(filePath)) |
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| // send file |
| var stream = fs.createReadStream(filePath) |
| stream.pipe(res) |
| onFinished(res, function () { |
| destroy(stream) |
| }) |
| }) |
| ``` |
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| ## Testing |
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| ```sh |
| $ npm test |
| ``` |
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| ## References |
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| - [RFC 2616: Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1][rfc-2616] |
| - [RFC 5987: Character Set and Language Encoding for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Header Field Parameters][rfc-5987] |
| - [RFC 6266: Use of the Content-Disposition Header Field in the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)][rfc-6266] |
| - [Test Cases for HTTP Content-Disposition header field (RFC 6266) and the Encodings defined in RFCs 2047, 2231 and 5987][tc-2231] |
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| [rfc-2616]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616 |
| [rfc-5987]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5987 |
| [rfc-6266]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6266 |
| [tc-2231]: http://greenbytes.de/tech/tc2231/ |
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| ## License |
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| [MIT](LICENSE) |
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