Tornado - File Uploads

tornadofileupload.py

import tornado
import tornado.ioloop
import tornado.web
import os, uuid

__UPLOADS__ = "uploads/"

class Userform(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
    def get(self):
        self.render("fileuploadform.html")


class Upload(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
    def post(self):
        fileinfo = self.request.files['filearg'][0]
        print "fileinfo is", fileinfo
        fname = fileinfo['filename']
        extn = os.path.splitext(fname)[1]
        cname = str(uuid.uuid4()) + extn
        fh = open(__UPLOADS__ + cname, 'w')
        fh.write(fileinfo['body'])
        self.finish(cname + " is uploaded!! Check %s folder" %__UPLOADS__)


application = tornado.web.Application([
        (r"/", Userform),
        (r"/upload", Upload),
        ], debug=True)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    application.listen(8888)
    tornado.ioloop.IOLoop.instance().start()