FileUpload with Django

For me, using code from Alex Kuhl, request.GET['qqfile'] had the filename and request.read() (in Django 1.3) returned the data.

request.FILES was only used in a scenario that hasn't yet happened for me. I'm using ajax-upload to talk directly to Photologue, and my code looks something like this:

def save_upload( uploaded, filename, raw_data ):    """    raw_data: if True, upfile is a HttpRequest object with raw post data    as the file, rather than a Django UploadedFile from request.FILES    """    try:        filename = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(IMAGE_UPLOAD_PATH, filename))        with BufferedWriter( FileIO( filename, "wb" ) ) as dest:            # if the "advanced" upload, read directly from the HTTP request            # with the Django 1.3 functionality            if raw_data:                (dirName, fileName) = os.path.split(filename)                (fileBaseName, fileExtension)=os.path.splitext(fileName)                #                # right here, if fileBaseName is less than n characters, might want to slap on a date just for fun                #                try:                    i_can_has_p = Photo.objects.get(title=fileBaseName)                    title = fileBaseName + "_" + str(datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%dT%H%M%S"))                except Photo.DoesNotExist:                    title = fileBaseName                title_slug = slugify(title)                p = Photo(title=title, title_slug=title_slug)                p.image.save(filename,ContentFile(uploaded.read()))            # if not raw, it was a form upload so read in the normal Django chunks fashion            else:                # TODO: figure out when this gets called, make it work to save into a Photo like above                for c in uploaded.chunks( ):                    dest.write( c )    except IOError:        # could not open the file most likely        return False    return Truedef ajax_upload( request ):  if request.method == "POST":      # AJAX Upload will pass the filename in the querystring if it is the "advanced" ajax upload      if request.is_ajax( ):          # the file is stored raw in the request          upload = request          is_raw = True          try:              filename = request.GET[ 'qqfile' ]          except KeyError:              return HttpResponseBadRequest( "AJAX request not valid" )      # not an ajax upload, so it was the "basic" iframe version with submission via form      else:          is_raw = False          if len( request.FILES ) == 1:              # FILES is a dictionary in Django but Ajax Upload gives the uploaded file an              # ID based on a random number, so it cannot be guessed here in the code.              # Rather than editing Ajax Upload to pass the ID in the querystring, note that              # each upload is a separate request so FILES should only have one entry.              # Thus, we can just grab the first (and only) value in the dict.              upload = request.FILES.values( )[ 0 ]          else:              raise Http404( "Bad Upload" )          filename = upload.name  # save the file  success = save_upload( upload, filename, is_raw )  # let Ajax Upload know whether we saved it or not  ret_json = { 'success': success, }  return HttpResponse( json.dumps( ret_json ) )

In my case, ajax_upload is the function called by ajax's action: parameter

Andrew Valums has now got a django app at git hub