#20196: Better support for folder uploads
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Reporter: jonash | Owner: nobody
Type: New feature | Status: new
Component: Uncategorized | Version:
Severity: Normal | Keywords:
Triage Stage: Unreviewed | Has patch: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Feature request: Make folder uploads (`<input type=file webkitdirectory>`)
possible in Django.
Here are some of my ideas regarding design and implementation.
== Database, forms ==
Add a new `FolderUploadField` that stores the path where the folder has
been uploaded to, similar to how `FileUploadFields` work. The object you
deal with in business logic code is a `Folder` object, the `File`
equivalent.
== `QueryDict` ==
Add a `QueryDict.getfolder` method that returns a `(Uploaded)Folder`
object. Note that multi-file and folder uploads are not distinguishable in
POST data, so we should have some sanity checks before constructing that
object. At the very least we should check that all file paths have a
common folder prefix: `["foo/bar.jpg", "foo/spam.txt"]` is okay while
`["foo/bar.jpg", "spam/eggs.txt"]` is not.
== `Folder` object ==
Constructed from list of `File` objects, it should at least have these two
methods:
* `.walk()` behaves similar to `os.walk` but yields `File` objects
* `.save(dest)` saves the whole folder in its original structure under
`dest`.
== Testing ==
Special handling is required to properly encode `Folder` objects in the
test client.
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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/20196>
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