correctly handle base64 and json, improve bin-file test

IPython/html/files/handlers.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 b''
 import logging
 import os
 import mimetypes
+import json
 try:
     # py3
     from http.client import responses
@@ -34,7 +35,9 b' class FilesHandler(IPythonHandler):'
             raise web.HTTPError(404)
 
         path, name = os.path.split(path)
-        if name.endswith('.ipynb'):
+        model = cm.get_model(name, path)
+
+        if model['type'] == 'notebook':
             self.set_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
         else:
             cur_mime = mimetypes.guess_type(name)[0]
@@ -42,6 +45,12 b' class FilesHandler(IPythonHandler):'
                 self.set_header('Content-Type', cur_mime)
         
         self.set_header('Content-Disposition','attachment; filename="%s"' % name)
-        self.write(cm.get_model(name, path)['content'])
+
+        if model['format'] == 'base64':
+            self.write(model['content'].decode('base64'))
+        elif model['format'] == 'json':
+            self.write(json.dumps(model['content']))
+        else:
+            self.write(model['content'])
         self.flush()
 

IPython/html/tests/test_files.py

@@ -76,7 +76,7 b' class FilesTest(NotebookTestBase):'
             write(nb, f, format='ipynb')
 
         with io.open(pjoin(nbdir, 'test.bin'), 'wb') as f:
-            f.write(b'\xFF' + os.urandom(5))
+            f.write(b'\xff' + os.urandom(5))
             f.close()
 
         with io.open(pjoin(nbdir, 'test.txt'), 'w') as f:
@@ -91,7 +91,9 b' class FilesTest(NotebookTestBase):'
         r = requests.get(url_path_join(base, 'files', 'test.bin'))
         self.assertEqual(r.status_code, 200)
         self.assertEqual(r.headers['content-type'], 'application/octet-stream')
-        self.assertTrue(r.content.startswith(b'\xFF'))
+
+        self.assertEqual("{:02x}".format(ord(r.content[0])), 'ff')
+        self.assertEqual(len(r.content), 6)
 
         r = requests.get(url_path_join(base, 'files', 'test.txt'))
         self.assertEqual(r.status_code, 200)