On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Karen Tracey <kmtra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:02 AM, huw_at1 <huwdjo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Hi all, >> >> I am trying to write a simple app that allows a user to select a file >> (via the browse button) from which data can be read in and parsed. I >> have read several examples but none seem to do exactly what I want. I >> have built a form and so am trying to use forms.FileField(). I can add >> this field no problem to my form. However I am not sure I understand >> how I am supposed to pull the data contained within the file from >> within my views. I tried: >> >> .... >> file = forms.FileField() >> >> .... >> >> if request.FILES: >> filename = request.FILES['file'] >> >> ... >> >> However I cant seem to get this to work. Does anyone have any good >> tutorials or can offer any suggestions? >> > > Can't get it to work means what, exactly? Your get an error message? Your > filename variable winds up being set to to something you aren't expecting? > Your computer catches fire? > > This page: > > http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/file-uploads/ > > discusses handling uploaded files in some detail. As described there, > request.FILES['file'] will be an UploadedFile object, so your assignment of > it to a variable named 'filename' rather sounds like you have misunderstood > something there, since request.FILES['file'] will be more than the file's > name, it will be an object with methods and attributes that (as detailed on > that page) that let you access the uploaded file's name, size, and data > (either in chunks or in one piece). There's an example handle_uploaded_file > function that iterates through the data chunks and does something with > them. Obviously it's not going to do exactly what you want to do with your > file data, but that page lays out a whole working structure and would seem > to be a good starting point for you to use in developing your specific > file-handling code. > > Karen > > > > Remember to set the enctype on your form, this is something a lot of people forget. Alex -- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." --Voltaire "The people's good is the highest law."--Cicero --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
