This should help:
def index():
form = FORM(INPUT(_type='file', _id="files", _name="files",
_multiple=True, _value='File test'),
INPUT(_type="submit")).process()
if form.accepted:
for item in form.vars.files:
print item.filename, item.file.read()
return dict(form=form)
On Wednesday, 22 October 2014 00:01:06 UTC-5, PRACHI VAKHARIA wrote:
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>
>
>
>
> Dear Alan and Massimo,
>
> First, please look at this site:
>
> *http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/file/dndfiles/
> <http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/file/dndfiles/>*
>
>
> It shows how to upload and read multiple files directly using HTML5 *(and
> JavaScript)*.
> It uses the *File API specification* from W3:
>
> http://www.w3.org/TR/file-upload/
>
>
>
> How to implement that in Web2Py for Email Composing with File Attachments?
>
>
> *Controller*
>
>
> def Composer():
> form = FORM <http://localhost:8000/examples/global/vars/FORM>(TABLE
> <http://localhost:8000/examples/global/vars/TABLE>(
> TR <http://localhost:8000/examples/global/vars/TR>('Subject:', INPUT
> <http://localhost:8000/examples/global/vars/INPUT>(_type='text',
> _name='subject',
> requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY
> <http://localhost:8000/examples/global/vars/IS_NOT_EMPTY>())),
> TR <http://localhost:8000/examples/global/vars/TR>('Email To:', INPUT
> <http://localhost:8000/examples/global/vars/INPUT>(_type='text',
> _name='emailto', _multiple="",
> requires=IS_EMAIL
> <http://localhost:8000/examples/global/vars/IS_EMAIL>())),
> TR <http://localhost:8000/examples/global/vars/TR>('Save Draft?',
> SELECT <http://localhost:8000/examples/global/vars/SELECT>('yes', 'no',
> _name='savedraft',
> requires=IS_IN_SET
> <http://localhost:8000/examples/global/vars/IS_IN_SET>(['yes', 'no']))),
> TR <http://localhost:8000/examples/global/vars/TR>('Body', TEXTAREA
> <http://localhost:8000/examples/global/vars/TEXTAREA>(_name='body',
> value='Body of email')),
> *TR <http://localhost:8000/examples/global/vars/TR>( 'File', INPUT
> <http://localhost:8000/examples/global/vars/INPUT>(_type='file', _id="files",
> _name="files[]", _multiple="", _value='File test')*
> * ), *TR <http://localhost:8000/examples/global/vars/TR>('', INPUT
> <http://localhost:8000/examples/global/vars/INPUT>(_type='submit',
> _value='EMAIL'))
> ))
>
> if form.process().accepted:
> response <http://localhost:8000/examples/global/vars/response>.flash
> = 'Form accepted'
>
> if form.vars.savedraft:
> *## SAVE DRAFT on IMAP ##*
> draft_id = imapdb.Gmail_Drafts.insert(
> to=form.vars.emailto, subject=form.vars.subject,
> content=form.vars.body, draft=True,
> *attachments = [ mail.Attachment(
> form.vars.FILE.file.read(), filename=form.vars.FILE.filename ) ]*
> )
> response.flash = 'Email Saved'
> else:
> *## SEND Email by SMTP ##*
> mail.send(
> to = form.vars.emailto,
> subject = form.vars.subject,
> message = (form.vars.body, '<html>' + form.vars.body +
> '</html>'),
> *attachments = [ mail.Attachment(
> form.vars.FILE.file.read(), filename=form.vars.FILE.filename ) ]*
> )
> response.flash = 'Email Sent'
>
> elif form.errors:
> response <http://localhost:8000/examples/global/vars/response>.flash
> = 'Errors in form'
> else:
> response <http://localhost:8000/examples/global/vars/response>.flash
> = 'Compose Email'
>
> return dict(form=form)
>
>
>
>
>
> *Questions*
>
> - How to use *<input type='file', name="files[]", multiple="">* to
> input files for Attachment to email?
> - How to extract the required file attributes and append them directly
> into the mail message and attachment?
> - If the HTML5 provides a means to input, read and upload files, why
> cannot we use that directly in web2py Email to read and attach multiple
> files?
>
>
>
> Please look into this and help implementing this.
>
>
> Thank you, very much.
>
> Gratefully,
>
> *PRACHI V*
>
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>
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