Django files: File Uploads
def handle_uploaded_file(f):
with open('some/file/name.txt', 'wb+') as destination:
for chunk in f.chunks():
destination.write(chunk)
from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
from django.shortcuts import render
from .forms import UploadFileForm
# Imaginary function to handle an uploaded file.
from somewhere import handle_uploaded_file
def upload_file(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
form = UploadFileForm(request.POST, request.FILES)
if form.is_valid():
handle_uploaded_file(request.FILES['file'])
return HttpResponseRedirect('/success/url/')
else:
form = UploadFileForm()
return render(request, 'upload.html', {'form': form})
When Django handles a file upload, the file data ends up placed in request.FILES (for more on the request object see the documentation for request and response objects).