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Created January 28, 2015 09:02
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Upload files in Django
@csrf_exempt
def upload_video_file(request):
folder = 'tmp_dir2/' #request.path.replace("/", "_")
uploaded_filename = request.FILES['file'].name
BASE_PATH = '/home/'
# create the folder if it doesn't exist.
try:
os.mkdir(os.path.join(BASE_PATH, folder))
except:
pass
# save the uploaded file inside that folder.
full_filename = os.path.join(BASE_PATH, folder, uploaded_filename)
fout = open(full_filename, 'wb+')
file_content = ContentFile( request.FILES['file'].read() )
try:
# Iterate through the chunks.
for chunk in file_content.chunks():
fout.write(chunk)
fout.close()
html = "<html><body>SAVED</body></html>"
return HttpResponse(html)
except:
html = "<html><body>NOT SAVED</body></html>"
return HttpResponse(html)
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