Flask download file

Http-download definition A widely used method for retrieving files from servers on the Internet . All the graphic elements, images and other related files that make up a Web page are downloaded using the HTTP protocol.

Download a file

How browser and any other downloader downloads a file, which protocol is working at the backend HTTP or FTP . As we all know HTTP can be used to transfer text , which can be rendered by the browser.

When a user clicks a download link and tries to download files, thebrowser sends an HTTP GET request to the web server . At the sametime the file name to be downloaded and the file location are alsosent with the HTTP GET request.