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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Using 'raw' without using 'save' gives no output","articleBody":"I think the title explains it all.\r\n\r\nIf I try to use .raw to server an SVG barcode without using .save first, I get an empty output...\r\n\r\nExample:\r\nTrying to serve this in my django project:\r\n\r\n```\r\nclass APIBarcode(View):\r\n\r\n    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):\r\n        uuid = request.GET.get('uuid')\r\n        C39 = barcode.get_barcode_class('code39')\r\n        toserve = C39(uuid)\r\n        toserve.save('c39code')\r\n        return HttpResponse(toserve.raw, content_type=\"image/svg+xml\")\r\n```\r\n\r\nGives the following output:\r\n![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/11825589/40337929-a858c8a6-5d2f-11e8-891b-fa7ecdcf632c.png)\r\n\r\nBut serving this:\r\n```\r\nclass APIBarcode(View):\r\n\r\n    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):\r\n        uuid = request.GET.get('uuid')\r\n        C39 = barcode.get_barcode_class('code39')\r\n        toserve = C39(uuid)\r\n        # toserve.save('c39code')\r\n        return HttpResponse(toserve.raw, content_type=\"image/svg+xml\")\r\n```\r\nGives the following output:\r\n\r\n![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/11825589/40337973-e869d9e4-5d2f-11e8-9045-3b01c3cee5d2.png)\r\n\r\n\r\nIf someone can point me to where I should be looking I would gladly attempt to fix it!","author":{"url":"https://github.com/sharifanani","@type":"Person","name":"sharifanani"},"datePublished":"2018-05-22T01:48:54.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":6},"url":"https://github.com/8/python-barcode/issues/8"}