Creating CSV - permissions

[mihak]

I would like to create and append data to a .CSV from a Python backend script; I'd also like to allow users to download the CSV.


Where should I place the CSV file on OPNSenese so my Python code (under default access rights) can write to it?
Also, how do I modiy controller (and view?) of my plugin so I can generate a downloadable link to CSV?


I achieved what I wanted on my dev instance of OPNSenese by manually chmod-ing write permissions to a folder within /usr/local/opnsense - but that is not a viable secure option. 😊


For the context: an hourly task runs speedtest and writes (appends) timestamp, latency, ul and dl speeds into a csv file. The csv file is then used to calculate aveages on the dashboard and to be downloadable for further analysis.

[fabian]

This plugin does the same - it just allows you to download a predefined file:

https://github.com/opnsense/plugins/tree/master/sysutils/api-backup

With that, your file just needs to be readable by the web interface, which is afaik still running as root.

[mihak]

to close the thread (and for future reference for budding devs):
- create a new DownloadController.php in mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/<plugin>/Api
- the downloadable file is then available at /api/<plugin>/download/csv




namespace OPNsense\Speedtest\Api;
use OPNsense\Base\ApiControllerBase;


class DownloadController extends ApiControllerBase
{
    const DATA_CSV = '/usr/local/opnsense/scripts/OPNsense/<plugin>/filename.csv';


    public function csvAction()
    {
        $this->response->setStatusCode(200, "OK");
        $this->response->setContentType('text/csv', 'UTF-8');
        $this->response->setHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=\"filename.csv\"");
        $data = file_get_contents(self::DATA_CSV);
        $this->response->setContent($data);
    }


    public function afterExecuteRoute($dispatcher)
    {
        $this->response->send();
    }
}