file_upload

#Templates

<input type="file" class="btn btn-default" id="dish_file" name="dish_file">

#Views 

def some_view(request):
    # some check over here
    # the following code is to copy the uploaded file but these doesnt seem to be working
   
      upload_directory = settings.MEDIA_INDEX
      print(upload_directory)
      my_filename = request.FILES['dish_file'].name
      my_file = request.FILES['dish_file']
      f = my_file.read()
      print(len(f))
      if len(f)> 500:
        print("this is too big")
        print(my_file)
      saved_file = (str(upload_directory) +'/'+ "%s_%s")%(str(time()).replace('.','_'),my_filename)
      print(saved_file)
      perm_file = open(saved_file, 'wb')
      shutil.copyfileobj(my_file, perm_file)
      my_file.close()
      perm_file.close()