Accessing coldfusion temp files through browser

Question

If I use coldfusion's getTempDirectory() as the path to generate a file, is there any way for a browser to access that? Or, if not, can I configure the temp path to be a certain folder?

Some of us who might know the answer are too lazy to select your hyerlink. — Dan Bracuk, Dec 01 '16 at 17:04
The example in the documentation you point us to suggests that the answer is yes. What did you unsuccessfully try that led you to posting this question? — Dan Bracuk, Dec 01 '16 at 18:25
So the directory is something like c:/user/temp. A browser can't access that, as far as I know. — Patrick Schomburg, Dec 01 '16 at 18:35
@PatrickSchomburg it can, if you tell your server to serve it.. probably not a good idea though. it's outside the webroot for a reason. — Kevin B, Dec 01 '16 at 19:34

score 8 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 01 '16 at 19:26

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You could serve the content using the cfcontent tag. It reads the file and sends the contents to the browser.

<cfcontent  
    type = "text/html"  
    file = "#getTempDirectory()#\myfile.htm"  
    deleteFile = "No">

edited Dec 01 '16 at 19:26

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answered Dec 01 '16 at 19:00

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Ahhh had no idea that existed. Brilliant. – Patrick Schomburg Dec 01 '16 at 19:02
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My vote put your reputation over 100. You owe me a beer. – Dan Bracuk Dec 01 '16 at 22:32

Accessing coldfusion temp files through browser

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