Hey everyone.
Im having a hard time to import and process a csv file.
I would like to:
- upload the file,
- let the user do some kind of preprocess, (map columns, and such).
- insert records.
- dispose the uploaded file.
Its a double post i gotta do, one to submit the file, and another for the
user to process and commit the previously uploaded file. is it wise to
place the file into the session? or is it better to just store the path to
the uploaded file to handle it later?
This is the first form
form1 = SQLFORM.factory(
Field("file", "upload", default="", uploadfolder =
"applications/myapp/uploads", requires=[IS_NOT_EMPTY("Please select a file."
),
IS_UPLOAD_FILENAME(error_message="Only csv files allowed",
extension="[csv]", lastdot=True),
IS_BINARY(False, "Binary files not allowed")]), ...
The problems im having are:
if i dont specify an upload folder i get an error.
<type 'exceptions.RuntimeError'> you must specify a
Field(...,uploadfolder=...)
I wonder why the sqlform doesnt know where to store the file, it is no big
deal, easy to solve but
when the file is uploaded, an empty file gets created as
"no_table.file.96474e907bab4168.6d657472696c792e637376.csv", which is ok
but its empty.
So my question is, do i have to read the request.post_vars.file to save the
content to that automatically created empty file?
The request.post_vars.file has a reference to, apparently, that file
handler, but i cant save any content with that.
myfile = request.post_vars.file
content = myfile.file.read()
content = content.decode("iso-8859-1").encode("utf-8")
with myfile.fp as f:
f.write(content)
Does anyone know resources or care to explain how to upload files without
db interaction?
The docs doesnt have much about these cases.
Thank you very much.
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