facing problems in uploading files to a particular directory - html

Question

i am using a html template to upload a file but i don't know how to process that file in django views file
i also have a model which is connected with the database
here is my html file
{% extends 'base.html' %}
{% block body %}
<form action="file" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" >
{% csrf_token %}
<input type="text" name="userName" placeholder="username">
<input name="file" type="file">
<input type="submit" value="submit">
</form>
{% for message in messages %}
{{ message }}
{%endfor%}
{% endblock %}
and here is my views.py function
def File(request):
if request.user.is_authenticated:
if request.method == 'POST':
user = request.POST['userName']
file = request.FILES
print(file)
# file = request.POST.copy()
# file.update(request.FILES)
# content_type = copied_data['file'].get('content-type')
# path = os.path.join(r'C:\Users\harsh\PycharmProjects\swatchBharat\SwatchBharat\media\files\\',file)
if User.objects.filter(username=user).exists():
file2 = points()
file_obj1 = DjangoFile(open(file, mode='rb'), name=file)
file_obj = File.objects.create(title=file, file=file_obj1, content_object=file, author=file.client)
file2.file =file2.save(ContentFile(file_obj))
file2.user = user
file2.save()
return HttpResponse('sucess bale bale!!!!!!!')
else:
messages.info(request,'the username you entered is incorrect')
return redirect("file")
return render(request, 'file.html')
else:
return HttpResponse('sorry this is restricted, login to continue')
my model.py file
from django.db import models
# Create your models here.
class points(models.Model):
user = models.TextField(max_length=50,default=None)
file = models.FileField(upload_to='files/')
point_3 = models.BooleanField(default=False)
point_5 = models.BooleanField(default=False)
point_9 = models.BooleanField(default=False)
i am stuck with it pls someone help me out

Answer 1

the solution for this is simple , thanks to shivendra-pratap-kushwaha for documentation link - docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/topics/http/file-uploads this was really helpfull
just need to specify request.FILES['file'] instead of request.FILES