--- a/Sphinx/source/plugins/python.rst	Wed Jan 22 13:56:11 2025 +0100
+++ b/Sphinx/source/plugins/python.rst	Wed Jan 22 16:30:58 2025 +0100
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@
   $ curl http://localhost:8042/toto
   ok
 
+**Note:** from v5.0, it is possible to stream :ref:`stream HTTP answers <python_stream_anwsers>`
 
 Overriding the core REST API
 ............................
@@ -974,6 +975,18 @@
                     :language: python
 
 
+.. _python_stream_anwsers:
+
+Streaming HTTP answers (new in 5.0)
+...................................
+
+Starting from v 5.0, it is possible to stream HTTP answers when 
+implementing a REST API route:
+
+.. literalinclude:: python/extend-api-with-streaming.py
+                    :language: python
+
+
 Performance and concurrency
 ---------------------------
 

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/Sphinx/source/plugins/python/extend-api-with-streaming.py	Wed Jan 22 16:30:58 2025 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import orthanc
+import requests
+
+TOKEN = orthanc.GenerateRestApiAuthorizationToken()
+
+def OnRestArchive(output, uri, **request):
+    study_id = request['groups'][0]
+    print(f"Accessing archive for study: {study_id}")
+    
+    # put your business logic here
+
+    with requests.get(f"http://localhost:8043/studies/{study_id}/archive", headers = { 'Authorization' : TOKEN }, stream = True) as r:
+        output.StartStreamAnswer('application/zip')
+
+        for buffer in r.iter_content(16*1024, False):
+            print(len(buffer))
+            output.SendStreamChunk(buffer)
+    
+
+orthanc.RegisterRestCallback('/studies/(.*)/my-archive', OnRestArchive)
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