Upload a file to the server using bottle

app.py

from __future__ import unicode_literals
import os
from bottle import route, request, static_file, run, response

@route('/')
def root():
    return static_file('test.html', root='.')

@route('/upload', method='POST')
def do_upload():
    category = request.forms.get('category')
    upload = request.files.get('upload')
    name, ext = os.path.splitext(upload.filename)
    if ext not in ('.png', '.jpg', '.jpeg', '.xlsx'):
        return "File extension not allowed."

    save_path = "/tmp/{category}".format(category=category)
    if not os.path.exists(save_path):
        os.makedirs(save_path)

    file_path = "{path}/{file}".format(path=save_path, file=upload.filename)
    upload.save(file_path)
    return "File successfully saved to '{0}'.".format(save_path)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    run(host='localhost', port=8080)

test.html

<form action="/upload" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
  Category:      <input type="text" name="category" />
  Select a file: <input type="file" name="upload" />
  <input type="submit" value="Start upload" />
</form>