you only need to know it has a filename attribute (the name of the
uploaded file) and a file attribute (an input stream you can read
from.
You can read more by googliing it in the python cgi module.
Massimo
On Jan 22, 8:16 am, Markus Gritsch <m.grit...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I use a
> INPUT(_name='test', _type='file')
> field in a FORM to upload a local file. The output of
> print request.vars.test
> is
> FieldStorage('test', '<uploaded file name>', '<uploaded file content>'
>
> From the admin application I saw, that I can get to the file content using
> request.vars.test.file.read()
>
> Can someone please explain what this FieldStorage is? The web2py book
> only mentions FieldStorage on page 180 but does not explain its
> members. I would like to understand this in more detail.
>
> Kind regards,
> Markus
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