# Redirect\_to or send\_file and AWS S3 **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [August 2, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redirect-to-or-send-file-and-aws-s3/173086 "2009-08-02T02:31:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davidstokar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@davidstokar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/davidstokar)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redirect-to-or-send-file-and-aws-s3/173086/1 "2009-08-02T02:31:45Z")
Hi, I store files on S3 as the id of the file in my appliction. IE my file with id 20 will be stored on S3 as 20. When I download the file I want to look up the file name in the database and then pass it off to the user. Is there any way I can use redirect\_to and pass the S3 url and then give it the filename, so the user doesn’t get 20. Does this make sense? Thanks, David ---
**Author:** ![davidstokar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@davidstokar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/davidstokar)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redirect-to-or-send-file-and-aws-s3/173086/2 "2009-08-02T02:39:44Z")
On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 5:31 PM, David Smit[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I store files on S3 as the id of the file in my appliction. IE my file > with id 20 will be stored on S3 as 20. When I download the file I want > to look up the file name in the database and then pass it off to the > user. Is there any way I can use redirect\_to and pass the S3 url and > then give it the filename, so the user doesn’t get 20. > > Does this make sense? Yes: set the Content-Disposition header when you upload to S3. jeremy ---
**Author:** ![davidstokar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@davidstokar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/davidstokar)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 2:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redirect-to-or-send-file-and-aws-s3/173086/3 "2009-08-02T02:43:55Z")
Jeremy K. wrote: > On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 5:31 PM, David > Smit[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > I store files on S3 as the id of the file in my appliction. IE my file > > with id 20 will be stored on S3 as 20. When I download the file I want > > to look up the file name in the database and then pass it off to the > > user. Is there any way I can use redirect\_to and pass the S3 url and > > then give it the filename, so the user doesn’t get 20. > > > > Does this make sense? > > Yes: set the Content-Disposition header when you upload to S3. > > jeremy Yes, but when it I redirect the users to the url, the filename is still 20 and not mypicture.jpg. ---
**Author:** ![davidstokar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@davidstokar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/davidstokar)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 4:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redirect-to-or-send-file-and-aws-s3/173086/4 "2009-08-02T04:36:48Z")
On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 5:43 PM, David Smit[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > Does this make sense? > > > > Yes: set the Content-Disposition header when you upload to S3. > > > > jeremy > > Yes, but when it I redirect the users to the url, the filename is still > 20 and not mypicture.jpg. The URL ends in 20, yes, but Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=“mypicture.jpg” tells the browser to download a file named mypicture.jpg. Do some googling on the topic and you’ll find many others with the same scenario and solution. jeremy