How to rename uploaded file in Flask Web Framework
Answer on your question exist in http://pythonhosted.org/Flask-Uploads/
save(storage, folder=None, name=None)
Parameters:
storage – The uploaded file to save.
folder – The subfolder within the upload set to save to.
name – The name to save the file as. If it ends with a dot, the file’s extension will be appended to the end.
Example: user_photos.save(pathToDirectory, name=NewName)
I used the following method to rename the uploaded file on the fly
file = request.files['file']file.filename = "abc.txt" #some custom file name that you wantfile.save("Uploads/"+file.filename)