Django file uploads - Just can't work it out
- by phoebebright
OK I give up - after 5 solid hours trying to get a django form to upload a file, I've checked out all the links in stackoverflow and googled and googled. Why is it so hard, I just want it to work like the admin file upload?
So I get that I need code like:
if submitForm.is_valid():
handle_uploaded_file(request.FILES['attachment'])
obj = submitForm.save()
and I can see my file in request.FILES['attachment'] (yes I have enctype set) but what am I supposed to do in handle_uploaded_file? The examples all have a fixed file name but obviously I want to upload the file to the directory I defined in the model, but I can't see where I can find that.
def handle_uploaded_file(f):
destination = open('fyi.xml', 'wb+')
for chunk in f.chunks():
destination.write(chunk)
destination.close()
Bet I'm going to feel really stupid when someone points out the obvious!
