nginx-luaHow to return file for download

server {
  location / {
    content_by_lua_block {
      ngx.header["Content-type"] = 'text/csv'
      ngx.header["Content-Disposition"] = 'attachment; filename="test.csv"'
      ngx.say("1,2,3")
    }
  }
}ctrl + cyoutubegithub

`content_by_lua_block` nginx-lua module directive to specify block of Lua code	`ngx.header` allows to set response headers
`Content-type` response header to set	`Content-Disposition` this header will force content download instead of output to browser
`test.csv` this file name will be used for download	`ngx.say` output given text to client
`"1,2,3"` example content for download

Usage example

ngx.header["Content-type"] = 'text/csv'
ngx.header["Content-Disposition"] = 'attachment; filename="test.csv"'
ngx.say("1,2,3")

output

1,2,3

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