I think this should work:
file_content = self.request.POST.multi['user_file'].file.read()
Paddy
On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 9:40 PM, Devel63 <danstic...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The documentation makes it appear very simple to get the contents of an
> uploaded file, but while I can do this with old_dev_appserver.py, I cannot
> get it with the current dev_appserver.py (v1.9.2).
>
> Here's a simple example:
>
> <form name="myform" action="http://localhost:8080/sync?cmd=tester";
> enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post">
>
> Username: <input type="file" name="user_file" />
> <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
>
> </form>
>
>
> - In old_dev_appserver.py, one could get the file in GAE via
> self.request.get('user_file'), but not with dev_appserver.py
>
>
> - WebApp2 <http://webapp-improved.appspot.com/guide/request.html#files>says
> "Uploaded files are available as cgi.FieldStorage (see the
> cgi<http://docs.python.org/2.7/library/cgi.html#cgi> module)
> instances directly in request.POST." But, request.POST is empty, and
> cgi.FieldStorage() does not contain 'user_file' either.
>
> Strangely, if I print out self.request.params, I do see an element in the
> UnicodeMultiDict that is (u'user_file', FieldStorage(u'user_file',
> u'myfile.ico')). But when I try to get that element, either via named
> access or just iterating over params, I cannot get it. Even if I do a
> Len(self.request.params) I get one less than what I see, and the
> 'user_file' element is missing. If I do this with old_dev_appserver, the
> Len(self.request.params) is correct.
>
> How do I get user_file?
>
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