Hello Massimo, First of all thank you very much for your help. I've done what you told me, to be exact:
file_name = auth.user.username+'.jpg' print file_name row.update(avatar=db.auth_user.avatar.store(request.post_vars['upload_field' ],filename=file_name)) Running this, it seems that everything went well. The output is: myuser.jpg In the database I get this: auth_user.id auth_user.username ... auth_user.avatar 1 myuser ... *file* file is a link pointing to: https://192.168.1.131:8000/myapp/appadmin/download/db/auth_user.avatar.a633aec9680b76a0.6d696e6f6d6272652e6a7067.jpg And the content of the file is ok, is the new avatar updated to the database. But, do you know why the name is not myuser.jpg? I would like to call this link directly from the mobile, and it seems that the name is generated "randomly". And, looking at the URL /donwload/db/..., is the image stored in the server or in the database? I've tried to find it in my server without success. Thank you very much and kind regards! El sábado, 5 de enero de 2013 01:50:00 UTC+1, Massimo Di Pierro escribió: > > yes > > row.update(avatar=db.tablename.avatar.store(request.post_vars[ > 'upload_field'],filename='yourname.ext')) > > On Friday, 4 January 2013 00:36:31 UTC-6, Wonton wrote: >> >> Hello Massimo! >> >> I bypass the form.proccess because this is a web service used by an iOS >> app. I do all frontend stuff in iOS and call this web service from the >> device. >> >> And regarding to change the name of the file, is it possible? >> >> kind regards! >> >> El viernes, 4 de enero de 2013 04:11:16 UTC+1, Massimo Di Pierro escribió: >>> >>> You can do >>> >>> row.update(avatar=db.tablename.avatar.store(request.post_vars[ >>> 'upload_field'])) >>> >>> by why bypess form.process()? it does it for you. >>> >>> On Thursday, 3 January 2013 15:57:24 UTC-6, Wonton wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello! >>>> >>>> I'm trying to implement uploading user's avatar. I've tried to follow >>>> the image blog example from the book and some of the posts related to this >>>> issue in this forum and I'm still a bit confused and I don't know if I >>>> could do certain things or how to do them. >>>> >>>> What I would like to achieve is this: >>>> >>>> -Upload the avatar and store it in the file system. The link to the >>>> file will be stored in the database. As far as I know this is possible >>>> with >>>> Field('avatar', 'upload'). >>>> But, my first doubt: could I store the image file with a custom name, >>>> for example <auth_user.username>.jpg? I see that the file has a strange >>>> name when it's stored. >>>> >>>> -I would like the image to be public, anyone could see that image in >>>> any browser through its link. >>>> But, my second doubt: the content of the avatar field in my database is >>>> a File, and when I go to that link I see the content of the file in the >>>> URL >>>> and don't see the image. >>>> >>>> Finally, my last doubt, in my web service I access the image data >>>> through request.post_vars. If I print this data I get something like this: >>>> <Storage {'upload_field': FieldStorage('upload_field', 'myphoto_1.jpg', >>>> '\xff\xd8\ ... ... ...\x04\xd9')}> >>>> I guess I have to store the image in the database with this: >>>> row.update(avatar=request.post_vars['upload_field']) >>>> Am I right? >>>> >>>> >>>> Thank you very much! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --
