FileUpload not working in Django

Question

I am trying to upload a file in django.

It allows me to add the file in the form and submits with no errors but nothing gets stored. I am using django-crispy-forms

models.py

class Upload(models.Model):
    upload = models.FileField(upload_to='.')

views.py

class UploadsView(UpdateView):
    form_class = UploadForm
    template_name = 'upload.html'
    model = Upload

forms.py

class UploadForm(forms.ModelForm):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(UploadForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)

    class Meta:
        model = Upload
        fields = ('upload',)

settings.py

MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '..', 'media')

MEDIA_URL = '/media/'

form.html

<form method="POST" action="">{% csrf_token %}
        {{ form|crispy }}
             <input class="btn btn-primary" type="submit" value="Submit" />
             <a href="/home"><button type="button" class="btn btn-danger">Cancel</button></a>
</form>

try to specify the exact Media root like /home/User/project/static/media — Matzy schneider
– Matzy schneider, Commented Oct 23, 2015 at 11:57
Can you post your template html where the form is being rendered? — solarissmoke
– solarissmoke, Commented Oct 23, 2015 at 12:14

solarissmoke · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-23 12:23:09Z

2

You need to change your form tag:

<form method="POST" action="" enctype="multipart/form-data">

From the documentation:

Note that request.FILES will only contain data if the request method was POST and the <form> that posted the request has the attribute enctype="multipart/form-data". Otherwise, request.FILES will be empty.

answered Oct 23, 2015 at 12:23

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2 Comments

user3972986 Over a year ago

perfect thank you. Don't know how i missed that from the docs

solarissmoke Over a year ago

The only reason I could help was that I literally just fixed the same issue on a project I am working on.

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