'Cannot alter upload handlers' while trying to upload file

Question

I'm trying to upload file using uploadhandler in Django. But it's returning the error:

You cannot alter upload handlers after the upload has been processed

Code:

def upload_form(request):
    if request.method == 'POST':
        outPath = '/opt/workspace/jup2/juppro/uploads/23232'
        if not os.path.exists(outPath):
            os.makedirs(outPath)
        request.upload_handlers.insert(0, ProgressUploadHandler(request, outPath)) # place our custom upload in first position
        upload_file = request.FILES.get('file', None)   # start the upload
        return HttpResponse("uploaded ok")

What's wrong with that code?

marue · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-22 16:51:27Z

1

You have to define the uploadhandler before you start uploading. The moment you can access request.POST the file has allready been uploaded to the memory or a temporary file. This makes defining an uploadhandler pointless, as the upload has allready been finished.

Django docs are quite clear about when to define a custom uploadhandler: "You can only modify upload handlers before accessing request.POST or request.FILES -- it doesn't make sense to change upload handlers after upload handling has already started." Without knowing enough about your code i can only guess, but i think it should be enough to modify your code to the following:

def upload_form(request):
    outPath = '/opt/workspace/jup2/juppro/uploads/23232'
    if not os.path.exists(outPath):
        os.makedirs(outPath)
    request.upload_handlers.insert(0, ProgressUploadHandler(request, outPath)) # place our custom upload in first position

    if request.method == 'POST':       
        upload_file = request.FILES.get('file', None)   # start the upload
        return HttpResponse("uploaded ok")

edited Mar 22, 2012 at 16:51

answered Mar 10, 2011 at 12:11

marue

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marue Over a year ago

@CpILL: This answer has been given in 2011, most probably for Django 1.4 or even 1.3

CpILL Over a year ago

yeah, i figured it out. The CSRF middleware was accessing it before my view.

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