[FIXED] How to return generated file download with Django REST Framework?

Issue

I need to return generated file download as a Django REST Framework response. I tried the following:

def retrieve(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
    template = webodt.ODFTemplate('test.odt')
    queryset = Pupils.objects.get(id=kwargs['pk'])
    serializer = StudentSerializer(queryset)
    context = dict(serializer.data)
    document = template.render(Context(context))
    doc = converter().convert(document, format='doc')
    res = HttpResponse(
        FileWrapper(doc),
        content_type='application/msword'
    )
    res['Content-Disposition'] = u'attachment; filename="%s_%s.zip"' % (context[u'surname'], context[u'name'])
    return res

But it returns a msword document as json.

How do I make it start downloading as file instead?

Solution

I solved my problem by saving file in media folder and sending of the link of it to front-end.

@permission_classes((permissions.IsAdminUser,))
class StudentDocxViewSet(mixins.RetrieveModelMixin, viewsets.GenericViewSet):
    def retrieve(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        template = webodt.ODFTemplate('test.odt')
        queryset = Pupils.objects.get(id=kwargs['pk'])
        serializer = StudentSerializer(queryset)
        context = dict(serializer.data)
        document = template.render(Context(context))
        doc = converter().convert(document, format='doc')
        p = u'docs/cards/%s/%s_%s.doc' % (datetime.now().date(), context[u'surname'], context[u'name'])
        path = default_storage.save(p, doc)
        return response.Response(u'/media/' + path)

And handled this like in my front-end (AngularJS SPA)

$http(req).success(function (url) {
    console.log(url);
    window.location = url;
})

Answered By - Viktor