For my app I explicitly assign user friendly filenames, because my
client also wants to browse the backend upload folder manually.
Is this going to break web2py anywhere?
On Nov 18, 11:27 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
> you can specify the location
>
> Field('name','upload',uploadfolder='...')
>
> You should not specify your own filename.
>
> The filename is generated so that:
> 1) is unique
> 2) is safe
> 3) upon download web2py can efficiently find the table, record and
> field the file belongs to and figure out a) where the file is located;
> b) who can access to the file
> 4) the uuid contains the original name encoded and they is used to set
> the content disposition upon download.
>
> On Nov 17, 4:23 pm, NuclearDragon <nucleardragon...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > How can I specify my own filename and upload location for images? I
> > can't find in the code where it is doing the upload/save/rename
> > processes.
>
> > I have a vague idea that it uses shutil somehow, but I just can't see
> > where it is being used, or how to interrupt and redirect the process.
>
> > Thanks!
>
>
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