tastypie file uploads

gistfile1.txt

# Base Resource 

class MultipartResource(object):
    def deserialize(self, request, data, format=None):
        if format == 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded':
            return request.POST

        if format.startswith('multipart'):
            data = request.POST.copy()
            data.update(request.FILES)
            return data

        return super(MultipartResource, self)\
            .deserialize(request, data, format)

    def put_detail(self, request, **kwargs):
        if request.META.get('CONTENT_TYPE', '').startswith('multipart/form-data') and not hasattr(request, '_body'):
            request._body = ''
        return super(MultipartResource, self).put_detail(request, **kwargs)

    def patch_detail(self, request, **kwargs):
        if request.META.get('CONTENT_TYPE', '').startswith('multipart/form-data') and not hasattr(request, '_body'):
            request._body = ''
        return super(MultipartResource, self).patch_detail(request, **kwargs)



# Upload Method

 def upload(self, request, **kwargs):
        self.method_check(request, allowed=['post'])
        try:
            data = json.loads(request.body)
        except Exception:
            data = request.POST.copy()
        data.update(request.FILES)
        name = data.get('name')
        if request.FILES.get('avatar'):
            user.avatar = request.FILES.get('avatar')
                    user.save()