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The Content-Disposition header can be used to name a downloaded file

The Content-Disposition header can be used to tell a browser the filename of an HTTP response. It’s used for “Save As” or when downloading the file.

For example, you might access a URL of the form:

/files/0645c33f-0be6-44e1-8059-228ec9594867.pdf

If you include a Content-Disposition header of the form:

filename*=utf-8''original_filename.pdf

the browser will download this filename as original_filename.pdf.

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