mp_streamfile.sas File Reference

Streams a file to _webout according to content type. More...

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Detailed Description

Will set headers using appropriate functions per the server type (Viya, EBI, SASjs Server) and stream content using mp_binarycopy().

Usage:

filename mc url
  "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sasjs/core/main/all.sas";
%inc mc;

%mp_streamfile(contenttype=csv,inloc=/some/where.txt,outname=myfile.txt)

Parameters

[in]	contenttype=	(TEXT) Supported: CSV EXCEL MARKDOWN TEXT ZIP Feel free to submit PRs to support more mime types! The official list is here: https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml
[in]	inloc=	/path/to/file.ext to be sent
[in]	inref=	fileref of file to be sent (if provided, overrides inloc)
[in]	iftrue=	(1=1) Provide a condition under which to execute.
[out]	outname=	the name of the file, as downloaded by the browser
[out]	outref=	(_webout) The destination where the file should be streamed.

SAS Macros

• mf_getplatform.sas
• mfs_httpheader.sas
• mp_binarycopy.sas

Author

Allan Bowe

Definition in file mp_streamfile.sas.