Example Tornado

gistfile1.txt

import tornado.ioloop
import tornado.web
import os

HERE = os.path.dirname(__file__)

class MainHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
    def get(self):
        #self.render(HERE+'fileuploadform.html')
        self.render('/Users/amjith/playground/python/tornado/async_api/fileuploadform.html')

    def post(self):
        fileinfo = self.request.files['filearg'][0]
        fname = fileinfo['filename']
        #self.set_header('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
        with open('uploads/' +fname, 'w') as f:
            f.write(fileinfo['body'])
        self.finish(fname)
        #self.write(fileinfo['body'])

app = tornado.web.Application([
    (r'/', MainHandler), 
    ], debug=True)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.listen(8000)
    tornado.ioloop.IOLoop.instance().start()