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Preserve Content-Disposition filename

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Description

When creating a project from a URL which is a generic address (e.g. "download"), the Content-Disposition header may have a better filename to use as the starting point for the project than the URL. In the example from #2593, https://usace.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/api/collection/p16021coll2/id/4706/download
https://usace.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/api/collection/p16021coll2/id/2106/download
has

Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="p16021coll2_2106.xlsx"

which both gives us a better name and a hint at the importer to use.

Edit: The original example was 400MB uncompressed which doesn't make for a very tractable example, so I've replaced it with a smaller file from the same site.

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Research direction

Start by tracing project creation from a URL through the response-header handling and importer selection; the issue provides a Content-Disposition example but names no files or tests. Use the smaller OpenRefine URL example to verify that its filename is preserved and can inform importer choice.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

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Tech stack
java
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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