Invalid form when uploading file in Django - html

Question

I need to upload file on a Django page, however, after following the official tutorial, I was not able to upload it, it always gives the error "invalid form", and when I tried to print out the error msg of the form, it says "This field is required".
One thing notable is: I have 2 forms on one page, one is this upload form and the other one is for filling out information. Not sure if this is the root cause.
I have tried all solutions provided on the Internet.
Template file:
<form id="uploadForm" action="" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
{% csrf_token %}
{{ form.as_p }}
<input type="file" value="upload" name="sourcefile">
<button type="submit">Upload</button>
</form>
Forms.py:
from django import forms
from .models import SourceFile
class UploadFileForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = SourceFile
fields = ('file', 'title')
Models.py:
from django.db import models
# Create your models here.
class SourceFile(models.Model):
title = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True)
file = models.FileField(upload_to="media/")
Views.py
def model_form_upload(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
form = UploadFileForm(request.POST, request.FILES)
if form.is_valid():
instance = SourceFile(file_field=request.FILES['file'])
instance.save()
return JsonResponse({'error': False, 'message': 'Uploaded Successfully!'})
else:
print("Invalid form")
# return JsonResponse({'error': True, 'errors': form.errors})
else:
form = UploadFileForm()
return render(request, 'source_validation.html', {'form': form})

Answer 1

Your template is wrong. Either use {{ form.as_p }} which should display a file input field because file is a field in your form. (so remove the <input type="file" ...>)
Or don't use it and manually add the <input> fields, but then you must use the correct names. Your form expects a "file" parameter, not a "sourcefile" parameter:
<input type="file" name="file">
Also, you're overcomplicating things in your view (even though your current code will work if you fix your template):
if form.is_valid():
form.save() # this will save your model
return redirect(...)