Thanks! Heres my method now, it works great...
def upload_path(instance, filename):
return os.path.join('uploads/' +
datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%Y/%m/%d/') + instance.design_ui,
filename)
On Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 6:59:17 PM UTC-6, James Farris wrote:
>
> I did something very similar in my models.py. I think for the date you
> have to get the year, month with datetime.
>
> def get_upload_path(self, filename): return
> 'pictures/{0}/{1}'.format(self.user.username,
> filename) pet_image = models.ImageField(upload_to=get_upload_path, blank=
> True)
>
> On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 3:20 PM Alexander Joseph <alexander...@gmail.com
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> Actually I figured this out... kind of
>>
>> You have to make a method for assigning the upload path in the model..
>> something like
>>
>> def upload_path(instance, filename):
>> return os.path.join('uploads/%Y/%m/%d/' + instance.design_ui,
>> filename)
>>
>> and instance the method in your FileField...
>>
>> design_document = models.FileField(upload_to=upload_path, blank=True)
>>
>> but for some reason my %Y/%m/%d/ no longer works. If I take out the
>> %Y/%m/%d/ it works but if I leave it in it throws an exception. Does
>> anyone know why?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 2:50:02 PM UTC-6, Alexander Joseph wrote:
>>>
>>> Not even sure if you can do it this way. I'm thinking theres another way
>>> like overriding the save or the form_valid function in the view... but I'm
>>> trying to use a variable from my instance in my upload path for my file
>>> field. If I should do something like override the save method in the view
>>> how do I save that in the "upload_to" in my model?
>>>
>>> Here are my model fields
>>>
>>> design_ui = models.CharField(max_length=255, default='')
>>> design_document = models.FileField(upload_to='uploads/%Y/%m/%d/(Id like
>>> to put the instance design_ui here)', blank=True)
>>>
>>>
>>> and my view
>>>
>>> class GaasWaferDesignCreateView(LoginRequiredMixin, CreateView,):
>>> fields = ("design_ui", "emitting", "contact_location",
>>> "optical_power", "design_date", "designer", "design_document",
>>> "designer_ui", "in_trash", "inactive_date", "notes")
>>> model = GaasWaferDesign
>>> template_name =
>>> 'engineering/gaas_wafer_designs/gaas_wafer_design_form.html'
>>>
>>> def form_valid(self, form):
>>> object = form.save(commit=False)
>>> object.created_by = self.request.user
>>> object.save()
>>> return super(GaasWaferDesignCreateView, self).form_valid(form)
>>>
>>> i.e. if the design_ui of the specific record is GWD0001 and the date is
>>> 5/3/18 the upload path would be "2018/05/03/GWD0001/"
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks again
>>>
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