file download - ASP / Active Server Pages

atse

Hi,

I want the MP3 audio files to be able to download by users only. Even I set
the pages validated by session, anyone still can type the download url to
get my files without access of the pages where download URL provided. How
can I do in order to prevent everyone from downloading without a user
account?
Thanks for any idea?

Atse

Jul 19 '05 #1

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Ray at

http://www.aspfaq.com/2276
Same logic

Ray at work

"atse" <du******@yahoo .com> wrote in message
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Hi,

I want the MP3 audio files to be able to download by users only. Even I set the pages validated by session, anyone still can type the download url to
get my files without access of the pages where download URL provided. How
can I do in order to prevent everyone from downloading without a user
account?
Thanks for any idea?

Atse

Jul 19 '05 #2

Evertjan.

atse wrote on 04 nov 2003 in microsoft.publi c.inetserver.as p.general:

I want the MP3 audio files to be able to download by users only. Even
I set the pages validated by session, anyone still can type the
download url to get my files without access of the pages where
download URL provided. How can I do in order to prevent everyone from
downloading without a user account?
Thanks for any idea?

1 Use an asp file

if session("hasUse rAccount")=fals e then response.redire ct"/404.asp"

2 Then binary send the mp3

Response.AddHea der "Content-Disposition", "attachment ; filename=
strFileName
Response.AddHea der "Content-Length", strFileSize
Response.Conten tType = "audio/mpeg3"
Response.Binary Write objStream.Read
something like that, anyway.

--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

Jul 19 '05 #3

atse

This is the good way to download.
Since this is mp3 file, how can I make it play without prompting download
once the clients set MS media player available?
Thanks

Atse

"Evertjan." <ex************ **@interxnl.net > wrote in message
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atse wrote on 04 nov 2003 in microsoft.publi c.inetserver.as p.general:
I want the MP3 audio files to be able to download by users only. Even
I set the pages validated by session, anyone still can type the
download url to get my files without access of the pages where
download URL provided. How can I do in order to prevent everyone from
downloading without a user account?
Thanks for any idea?

1 Use an asp file

if session("hasUse rAccount")=fals e then response.redire ct"/404.asp"

2 Then binary send the mp3

Response.AddHea der "Content-Disposition", "attachment ; filename=
strFileName
Response.AddHea der "Content-Length", strFileSize
Response.Conten tType = "audio/mpeg3"
Response.Binary Write objStream.Read
something like that, anyway.

--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

Jul 19 '05 #4

Don Verhagen

In news:ol******** ***********@twi ster01.bloor.is .net.cable.roge rs.com,
atse <du******@yahoo .com> typed:
: This is the good way to download.

: Since this is mp3 file, how can I make it play without prompting
: download once the clients set MS media player available?

You can't, it's *not your computer*, it's the client. If you stream your MP3
through your server software, then the browser's helper application will
play (load) the file being streamed.

However, the method you are using is not streaming the MP3 file exactly,
it's streaming the download file. The user will have to choose open, and/or
rather than download.
Do you want the client to have the MP3 file saved (not in their Internet
Temporary Files) on their machine after playing or do you just want to let
the user *listen/play* the MP3 file?

: Thanks
:
: Atse

Jul 19 '05 #5

atse

"Don Verhagen" <ne**@southea st-florida.com> wrote in message
news:bo******** *****@ID-181477.news.uni-berlin.de...

In news:ol******** ***********@twi ster01.bloor.is .net.cable.roge rs.com,
atse <du******@yahoo .com> typed:
: This is the good way to download.

: Since this is mp3 file, how can I make it play without prompting
: download once the clients set MS media player available?

You can't, it's *not your computer*, it's the client. If you stream your MP3 through your server software, then the browser's helper application will
play (load) the file being streamed.

However, the method you are using is not streaming the MP3 file exactly,
it's streaming the download file. The user will have to choose open, and/or rather than download.
Do you want the client to have the MP3 file saved (not in their Internet
Temporary Files) on their machine after playing or do you just want to let
the user *listen/play* the MP3 file?
I want the client to play the MP3 online instead of Save As...but I don't
want to use a anchor tab <a href="my.mp3"> in order to prevent from typing
the URL by anonymous to play the audio. Of course, it is hard to avoid from
saving the MP3 in "Internet Temporary Files" after playing.
Any idea?
Thanks

: Thanks
:
: Atse

Jul 19 '05 #6

Ray at

It's all a client option. Even without a href, I can always change my .mp3
settings to have IE prompt me to download the file. You cannot control
this.

Ray at work

"atse" <du******@yahoo .com> wrote in message
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"Don Verhagen" <ne**@southea st-florida.com> wrote in message
news:bo******** *****@ID-181477.news.uni-berlin.de...
In news:ol******** ***********@twi ster01.bloor.is .net.cable.roge rs.com,
atse <du******@yahoo .com> typed:
: This is the good way to download.

: Since this is mp3 file, how can I make it play without prompting
: download once the clients set MS media player available?

You can't, it's *not your computer*, it's the client. If you stream your MP3
through your server software, then the browser's helper application will
play (load) the file being streamed.

However, the method you are using is not streaming the MP3 file exactly,
it's streaming the download file. The user will have to choose open,

and/or
rather than download.
Do you want the client to have the MP3 file saved (not in their Internet
Temporary Files) on their machine after playing or do you just want to let the user *listen/play* the MP3 file?

I want the client to play the MP3 online instead of Save As...but I don't
want to use a anchor tab <a href="my.mp3"> in order to prevent from typing
the URL by anonymous to play the audio. Of course, it is hard to avoid

from saving the MP3 in "Internet Temporary Files" after playing.
Any idea?
Thanks

: Thanks
:
: Atse

Jul 19 '05 #7

Don Verhagen

In news:Wa******** ************@ne ws04.bloor.is.n et.cable.rogers .com,
atse <du******@yahoo .com> typed:
: "Don Verhagen" <ne**@southea st-florida.com> wrote in message
: news:bo******** *****@ID-181477.news.uni-berlin.de...
:: In
:: news:ol******** ***********@twi ster01.bloor.is .net.cable.roge rs.com,
:: atse <du******@yahoo .com> typed:
::: This is the good way to download.
::
::: Since this is mp3 file, how can I make it play without prompting
::: download once the clients set MS media player available?
::
:: You can't, it's *not your computer*, it's the client. If you stream
:: your MP3 through your server software, then the browser's helper
:: application will play (load) the file being streamed.
::
:: However, the method you are using is not streaming the MP3 file
:: exactly, it's streaming the download file. The user will have to
:: choose open, and/or rather than download.
::
::
:: Do you want the client to have the MP3 file saved (not in their
:: Internet Temporary Files) on their machine after playing or do you
:: just want to let the user *listen/play* the MP3 file?
:
: I want the client to play the MP3 online instead of Save As...but I
: don't want to use a anchor tab <a href="my.mp3"> in order to prevent
: from typing the URL by anonymous to play the audio. Of course, it is
: hard to avoid from saving the MP3 in "Internet Temporary Files" after
: playing.
: Any idea?

You need to get streaming component on your server, such as from Microsoft.

And example link would be: mms://mydirectory/myfile.mp3
Notices that's it's not the usual "http://" link.

mms:// - microsoft streaming protocol
rtsp:// - Quicktime streaming protocol

or you can use http:// protocol to stream also, look at this link:
http://www.developingwebs.net/html/mp3.php

Don

: Thanks
:
::
::: Thanks
:::
::: Atse

Jul 19 '05 #8

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