[mod_python] file question with mod_python

Thanks, I'll try this out tommorow.

Chris

On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 04:14:14PM -0400, 
Tom Emerson wrote:
> Christopher Sean Hilton writes:
> > I'm trying to create a script to handle a file upload from a form with 
> > mod_python. I know that I should be looking into the util module but I've 
> > really got no clue about how to get started. Has anyone got some words of 
> > wisdom to put me on the right track?
> 
> I've done this using publisher: it's certainly the easiest way.
> 
> Given a form along the lines of:
> 
> <form action="process.py/doit" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
> <b>Filename</b>: <input type="file" name="file">
> </form>
> 
> And a form handler "doit" in process.py:
> 
> def doit(req, file):
>     # ...
> 
> The 'file' argument is a file object representing the uploaded file:
> you can read from this as you would any other file.
> 
> You should check to make sure that the file has a non-zero length:
> 
> import os, stat
> statinfo = os.fstat(file.fileno())
> if statinfo[stat.ST_SIZE] > 0:
>     # process the text
> else:
>     # it's an empty file, or it didn't exist!
> 
> You should also look at the content type of the uploaded file. You can
> access this via the form table in the request record:
> 
> _file = req.form['file']
> if _file.type == "text/plain":
>     # process plain text
> 
> That should be enough to get you started, I expect.
> 
>     -tree
> 
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> 

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