file download route

API.py

@@ -205,6 +205,14 @@ def api_lives(locality):
     return json.dumps(l.metadata)
 
 
+@app.route("/lives-file/<locality>.zip")
+def api_lives_file(locality):
+    try:
+        with open(Lives.dataDir + "/" + locality + ".zip", "r") as lives_file:
+            return Response(lives_file.read(), mimetype="application/octet-stream")
+    except IOError as e:
+        return json.dumps({"status": "400", "message": "Couldn't find requested locality " + locality})
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     app.run()

lives.py

@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ class Lives:
     def __init__(self, db, locality):
         self.db = db
         self.locality = locality
-        self.tmp_dir = self.dataDir + "/tmp"
-        self.metadata_file = "livesData/" + self.locality + ".json"
+        self.tmp_dir = Lives.dataDir + "/tmp"
+        self.metadata_file = Lives.dataDir + "/" + self.locality + ".json"
         self.data = self.db.va.find({"locality": locality})
 
-        if not os.path.exists(self.dataDir):
-            os.makedirs(self.dataDir)
+        if not os.path.exists(Lives.dataDir):
+            os.makedirs(Lives.dataDir)
             os.makedirs(self.tmp_dir)
 
         self.metadata = self.__fetch_metadata()
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def write_file(self):
                     i_writer.writerow([vendor["_id"],
                                        inspection["date"].strftime("%Y%m%d")])
 
-        with zipfile.ZipFile(self.dataDir + "/" + self.locality + ".zip", 'w') as zip:
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(Lives.dataDir + "/" + self.locality + ".zip", 'w') as zip:
             zip.write(businesses_path, self.locality + "/businesses.csv")
             zip.write(inspections_path, self.locality + "/inspections.csv")