Hi David, What does this metadata look like? If it's HTTP-style headers, then it probably _is_ a multipart form, and you should be handling it in the standard way, using self.request.POST or self.request.get().
-Nick On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 4:12 AM, David Ngugi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi NIck, if I do self.request.body, I also get a lot of meta-data > attached to the file's contents which I don't want. Is it possible to > just get the file part only? > > On 6/15/11, Tim <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Thanks for that Nick. > > > > Seems I must have been sleeping when looking at that part of the webapp > docs > > - getting the appropriate field from the request.POST > > > > file = self.request.POST["filefield"] > > > > gets me an object with properties "filename" and "type" and "value" (for > the > > actual decoded data) - Nick's blog post then shows how to store this in > the > > datastore. > > > > Apologies for being so thick > > > > -- > > Tim > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google App Engine" group. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-appengine/-/daSNSHmoQEEJ. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > > > > > > -- > Check out my blog: > http://www.crazyblackkenyanwizard.blogspot.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- Nick Johnson, Developer Programs Engineer, App Engine -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
