I'm using python 3.10.5 with django 4.2.2.
The djangoproject documentation for a Basic File Upload has the following example for uploading a file:
Consider a form containing a FileField:
forms.py
from django import forms
class UploadFileForm(forms.Form):
title = forms.CharField(max_length=50)
file = forms.FileField()
views.py
from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
from django.shortcuts import render
from .forms import UploadFileForm
# Imaginary function to handle an uploaded file.
from somewhere import handle_uploaded_file
def upload_file(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
form = UploadFileForm(request.POST, request.FILES)
if form.is_valid():
handle_uploaded_file(request.FILES['file'])
return HttpResponseRedirect('/success/url/')
else:
form = UploadFileForm()
return render(request, 'upload.html', {'form': form})
This is my upload.html:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>File Upload</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>File Upload</h1>
<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
{% csrf_token %}
<input type="file" name="file" required>
<button type="submit">Upload</button>
</form>
</body>
</html>
When I run that code, it fails the...
if form.is_valid()
...test in views.py because "title" is empty, but it's defined as required in the forms.py. If I simply comment out the...
title = forms.CharField(max_length=50)
...line from forms.py, then it works fine, so what is that "title = forms.CharField(max_length=50)" line for in forms.py?
As suggested by Willem VO supports mod strike, simply use {{ form }} in place of the...
<input type="file" name="file" required>
...line in upload.html.
NEW upload.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>File Upload</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>File Upload</h1>
<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
{% csrf_token %}
{{ form }}
<button type="submit">Upload</button>
</form>
</body>
</html>