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Create /download alias for upload.wikimedia.org
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I request to add an alias to upload.wikimedia.org that triggers the addition of the following header:

'Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="yourname.file"'

This would enable the usage of a "Download this file" option that bypasses your browser window, and immediately going to your browser's "download manager".

So for the file:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Polish_Army_Kolobrzeg_077.JPG

There could be the redirects:
http://download.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Polish_Army_Kolobrzeg_077.JPG or alternatively http://upload.wikimedia.org/download/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Polish_Army_Kolobrzeg_077.JPG

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Severity: enhancement

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Lowest.Nov 21 2014, 11:17 PM
• bzimport added projects: Wikimedia-Site-requests, Shell.
• bzimport set Reference to bz25695.
• bzimport added a subscriber: Unknown Object (MLST).
TheDJ created this task.Oct 28 2010, 4:16 PM
• bzimport added a comment.Dec 17 2010, 4:20 PM

jeluf wrote:

You could simply use the "save link as" feature that every browser provides.

TheDJ added a comment.Jan 26 2011, 9:11 AM

Well you COULD, but that doesn't make it user friendly.

See also bug #26956

I really think we should implement this in some way.

TheDJ added a comment.Jan 26 2011, 9:13 AM
  • Bug 26956 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
• bzimport added a comment.Jan 26 2011, 11:24 AM

jeluf wrote:

Adding more and more buttons doesn't improve user friendliness, either.

Tgr added a comment.Apr 4 2014, 12:25 AM

This is now possible by appending ?download to the URL (could be something like ?download=1 too if you don't like valueless URL parameters).

The relevant changesets (by Gilles):
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/120617/ (WMF Varnish)
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/120614/ (Vagrant Apache)
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/120703/ (MediaWiki when serving through PHP)

Aklapper mentioned this in T27148: Download this file link on description page (particularly relevant to svg).Dec 13 2015, 8:41 PM
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