You will need your own download action, you cannot use
response.download and access control on uplodaded files will not work.
Also it will not work if the file is stored on DB, for example on GAE.
It is a logical problem. If web2py cannot figure out from the name
which table/record references the table you lose functionality that
requires that.
On Nov 17, 6:40 pm, Richard <richar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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