uploading files using python to a Django server

Question

I have a simple view which receives files form users. I've tested it with my browser and it works okay.

On the other hand, I have a python and tested it against requestb.in and I can see the multipart/form-data and a http response code 200. So, both my view in receiving and storing files and the script in uploading multipart data work fine.

My problem being: When I use my script to upload a file to the view, even though I get http status code 200, I see no files being stored on the disk while in case of using the browser I do. What would be the problem you think? Here are my model, view and script:

models.py:

class FileUploads(models.Model):
    uploads = models.FileField()

forms.py:

from django import forms
from .models import FileUploads

class UserProfileForm(forms.ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = FileUploads
        fields = ['uploads']

views.py:

@csrf_exempt
def upper(request):
    form = UserProfileForm(request.POST or None, request.FILES or None)
    context = {'title': 'welcome', 'form': form}
    if form.is_valid():
        form.save()
        context = {'form': form, 'title': 'thanks'}'
    return render(request, 'upform.html', context)

Python script up.py:

import requests
f = open('C:\\Users\\Amir\\Desktop\\snow.jpg', 'rb')
urls='http://127.0.0.1:8000/upper'
r=requests.post(urls, files= {'a':f})
print(r.status_code)

@Anentropic Ohhh my god, Thank you, I spent almost 5 hours today to figure out the problem. Yes that was the problem. Thank you again. — Amir Afianian
– Amir Afianian, Commented Nov 29, 2015 at 19:27
@Anentropic BTW, How can I provide my script with csrt protection, if it is included inside a view, would it suffice to add csrf_protect decorator? — Amir Afianian
– Amir Afianian, Commented Nov 29, 2015 at 21:40
Django has csrf enabled by default, so just remove the @csrf_exempt decorator from the view — Anentropic
– Anentropic, Commented Nov 29, 2015 at 21:49
@Anentropic You've been dramatically helpful, thanks; I thought since I am posting the file out side a form with no csrf tag it might not work. — Amir Afianian
– Amir Afianian, Commented Nov 30, 2015 at 21:29

Anentropic · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-29 20:25:27Z

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It should be:

import requests
f = open('C:\\Users\\Amir\\Desktop\\snow.jpg', 'rb')
urls='http://127.0.0.1:8000/upper'
r=requests.post(urls, files= {'uploads':f})
print(r.status_code)

...the name of the file in the dict passed to requests.post needs to match the field name in the Django form :)

answered Nov 29, 2015 at 20:25

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