Support for sending a file

Ori S

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Mar 20, 2017, 2:31:35 PM3/20/17

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This has been asked on Issues:

https://github.com/RestExpress/RestExpress/issues/136

Is there a way to send a large file without the need to load its contents in memory?

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Todd Fredrich

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May 4, 2017, 4:57:52 PM5/4/17

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Hi Ori,

Not at present. RestExpress was made for JSON APIs. At present it doesn't support streaming, but it's definitely of interest to me.

Thanks,

--Todd

Ori S

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May 5, 2017, 2:04:50 AM5/5/17

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Alright, thanks for the answer.

Do you plan on releasing an update anytime soon? Maybe I can help?

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Ori S

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Oct 21, 2017, 8:09:27 AM10/21/17

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Hi again.

Think with the new changes that RE had undergone, can this be added also? It would help with us who use RE to serve HTML as well.

Also, I can send a pr to add HTML rendering support (using FreeMarker templates)?

Thanks.

Todd Fredrich

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Oct 23, 2017, 6:49:46 PM10/23/17

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Hi Ori,

I am very interested in this feature as well. And although I have a branch where this *almost* works, it's not quite there. It makes the browser fail for some reason. I haven't had time to circle back to it--and now it's a bit stale.

Regarding the FreeMarker templates, I would love to have a plugin built for that! Is your code directly against the main codebase or could it be built as a plugin?