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Offer file downloads via PA static files folders

I am about to release desktop apps for my web application and am contemplating whether I can just host the download links for the installers via PA.

These are about 100MB. Will this be a problem for my bandwidth contingent and subsequently slow down regular traffic from/to the web application? I don't expect many downloads in the beginning, but at what point would it be a problem?

Thanks for your help!

Your users can download files from your static folders. See https://help.pythonanywhere.com/pages/StaticFiles

Thanks for your quick reply! However, I am aware that it is possible and how.

I was wondering whether this will eat up too much of my bandwidth contingent and subsequently slow down my regular web application traffic.

But I will go with it, for now, I don't expect that many downloads anyways and there is always the possibility to optimize later.

That should be fine.