readAsBinaryString and readAsArrayBuffer and readAsText
did not work, i just tested, but if you have a hint on how to make them
work I would be very interested
On Wednesday, April 24, 2013 5:53:33 PM UTC+2, Niphlod wrote:
>
> why the base64 ? I want my files submitted as binaries, if possibile.....
>
> On Wednesday, April 24, 2013 5:31:48 PM UTC+2, select wrote:
>>
>> in your client side js code use the js file api (this is for one file,
>> but multi file upload can be done too)
>>
>> $('#datafile-uploadfield').change(function() {
>> var upload_element = $(this)[0];
>> var file = upload_element.files[0];
>> if (file) {
>> var reader = new FileReader();
>> reader.readAsDataURL(file); //, "UTF-8");//TODO what encoding
>> should be parsed???
>> reader.onload = (function(theFile) {
>> return function(evt) {
>> $.ajax({
>> url: '{{=URL("datafile_create")}}',
>> data: {
>> data: evt.target.result,
>> name: theFile.name
>> },
>> type: 'POST',
>> dataType: 'json',
>> success: function(data) {
>> addDatafile(data);
>> }
>> });
>> };
>> })(file);
>> reader.onerror = function(evt) {
>> alert(":( oh noo, we could not read your file");
>> };
>> //++counter;
>> }
>> });
>>
>> in you controller
>> def datafile_create():
>> splitcontents = request.vars.data.split(',')
>> import base64
>> file_content = base64.b64decode(splitcontents[1])
>> # create file like object
>> import StringIO
>> filelike_obj = StringIO.StringIO(file_content)
>> db_store = db.datafiles.file.store(filelike_obj, request.vars.name)
>> record_id = db.datafiles.insert(file=db_store)
>>
>>
>> in you db.py
>> db.define_table('datafiles',
>> Field('file', 'upload', requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()),
>> )
>>
>> == PURE AWESOMENESS
>>
>>
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