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Expand Up @@ -523,6 +523,26 @@ if it should::

BinaryFileResponse::trustXSendfileTypeHeader();

.. note::

The ``BinaryFileResponse`` will only handle ``X-Sendfile`` if the particular header is present.
For Apache, this is not the default case.

To add the header use the ``mod_headers`` Apache module and add the following to the Apache configuration.

.. code-block:: apache

<IfModule mod_xsendfile.c>
# This is already present somewhere...
XSendFile on
XSendFilePath ...some path...

# This needs to be added:
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
RequestHeader set X-Sendfile-Type X-Sendfile
</IfModule>
</IfModule>

With the ``BinaryFileResponse``, you can still set the ``Content-Type`` of the sent file,
or change its ``Content-Disposition``::

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