There are two things that you'll need to do. Set the random directory name on the UpFile instance in the view and define a function to use with upload_to that uses the random directory name on the instance to define the file's target path.
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/models/fields/#django.db.models.FileField.upload_to Regards, Michael Manfre On Saturday, November 23, 2013 10:33:59 AM UTC-5, Matt Lind wrote: > > So I am trying to modify django-jfu ( a multi uploader) to send files to a > unique directory for every unique upload session performed. This is just > due to my application's requirements and to prevent file collisions during > the operations later down the road in my app. > > Anyway, here is views.py (I think the most relevant portion anyway, I > could be wrong) > > def upload( request ): > > # The assumption here is that jQuery File Upload > # has been configured to send files one at a time. > # If multiple files can be uploaded simulatenously, > # 'file' may be a list of files. > #Create the file object > file = upload_receive( request ) > > #Create an instance of our Uploader Class and pass it the file object > instance = UpFile ( file = file ) > #Save the file object > instance.save() > > And the "UpFile" class in models.py: > > class UpFile(models.Model): > file = models.FileField( upload_to = > MEDIA_ROOT+'/'+"".join([random.choice(string.ascii_letters) for n in > xrange(12)])) > > The problem I am having is that it appears that the "random" section at > the tail end of the "upload_to" option in models,py is processed only once > when the server is started (or restarted). > > This won't work for my particular application, as I need the "top level" > for any uploaded of a set of files to be unique. > > For example if I have the following "upload sessions" > > Session 1: User only uploaded a single file. A new random/unique > directory should be generated under MEDIA_ROOT, and the file should be > placed in that directory. > Session 2: User uploaded 2 files. A new random/unique directory should > be generated under MEDIA_ROOT, and BOTH files should be uploaded to that > directory (NOT a different directory per file) > Session 3: User uploaded 100 files. Like session 2 above, a new > random/unique directory should be generated under MEDIA_ROOT and all 100 > files should be placed underneath. > > Later on I plan on cleaning house, but for now simply getting that logic > down will get me moving again... > > Thanks for any help you can provide. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/50e14318-214e-4560-a27e-03325e250998%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
