Re: Upload a File using the request.POST data

On 27 September 2010 14:31, Danny Bos <danny@stateempire.com> wrote:
> There is no form, it's entirely Javascript.
> Spoke to the creator of the script, who has popped up script examples
> for PHP and ColdFusion he reckons:
>
> "You basically have to put the whole post contents into a file."

Hmm... a little difficult seeing as Django parses the POST contents
into a string first, so it has probably done irreversible things to
it.

There is HttpRequest.raw_post_data though, but not sure what format
that is in. If it is just bytes, you could just stream that to
wherever you need it to be.

> Not altogether helpful, eh?
>
> d
>
>
> On Sep 27, 1:52 pm, Sam Lai <samuel....@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Have you got the right attribute in the form?
>>
>> Fromhttp://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/file-uploads/
>>
>> "Note that request.FILES will only contain data if the request method
>> was POST and the <form> that posted the request has the attribute
>> enctype="multipart/form-data". Otherwise, request.FILES will be
>> empty."
>>
>> On 27 September 2010 13:21, Danny Bos <da...@stateempire.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Can it even be done?
>> > It seems pretty ordinary but everything I'm trying expects it to be a
>> > request.FILE.
>>
>> > Frustrating stuff.
>>
>> > d
>>
>> > On Sep 27, 11:24 am, Danny Bos <da...@stateempire.com> wrote:
>> >> Heya,
>>
>> >> I'm using the 'Valums File Uploader' which passes the file in the
>> >> request.POST as you can see below. I'm wondering how to get that data
>> >> into an actual file. Any ideas would be great as things like "for
>> >> chunk in f.chunks()" only works on request.FILES which in this case is
>> >> empty.
>>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Hope all is well your side of the planet.
>>
>> >> Eg DATA:
>>
>> >> GET:<QueryDict: {u'id': [u'1'], u'qqfile': [u'finger.png']}>,
>> >> POST:<QueryDict: {u'\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdW-Oa\ufffd\ufffd~\ufffd|
>> >> \ufffd\x03\ufffd\x05\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdC\ufffdC\x1b\ufffd\ufffd\x0f/
>> >> \x1eY:\ufffdZ\ufffd \ufffd8': [u''], u'5]]\x1f\u04ff\x7f\ufffd\ufffd
>> >> \ufffd\x0f\x054\x15\u0622i\x1c\ufffd(\ufffdG\x01 \ufffd\x03u
>> >> \x05\ufffdL]b*\x002\x18PW\x00\ufffd\ufffd%\ufffd\x02 \ufffd\x01u
>> >> \x05\ufffdL]b*\x002\x18PW\x00\ufffd\ufffd%\ufffd\x02 \ufffd\x01u
>> >> \x05\ufffdL]b*\x002\x18PW\x00\ufffd\ufffd%\ufffd\x02 \ufffd\x01u
>> >> \x05\ufffdL]b*\x002\x18PW\x00\ufffd\ufffd%\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd$X]]
>> >> \u0775k\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdt\ufffd_2\x13\ufffd\u01cf
>> >> \x1fkkk\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdUe\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdt2\u04ef\x1f?~|
>> >> \ufffd\u0529\ufffd\ufffd$\ufffdx}\ufffd\ufffd*\ufffdNw9': [u''],
>> >> u'\uff ... Etc ...
>>
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