Downloading from a dynamic list of files in Django Admin

I currently have a django app which generates PDFs and saves them to a specific 开发者_JAVA百科directory. From the admin interface I want to have some way to view the list of files within that directory (similar to models.FilePathField()), but also be able to download them. I realize that django was never intended to actually serve files, and I have been tinkering with django-sendfile, as a possible option. It just doesn't seem like there is any way to create a dynamic list of files other than with FilePathField (which I don't believe can suite my purposes).

Would this project fit your needs? http://code.google.com/p/django-filebrowser/

I ended up realizing that I was going about the problem in a more complicated manner than was necessary. Using two separate views trivializes the issue. I was just under the impression that the admin interface would include such a basic feature.

What I did was create a download_list view to display the files in the directory, and a download_file view which uses django-sendfile to serve the file to the end-user. Download_file simply parses through the directory with listdir(), checks if the extension is valid and sends the complete file path to the download_file function (after the user selects one).

Are the files in a directory that is served by your webserver? If all you want to do is list and download the files, it may be easier just to have a link to the directory with all the files in it and let the webserver take care of listing and serving the files. I understand this may not be the ideal solution for you, but it does avoid having Django serve static files, which is a task best left to the webserver.