On Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at 11:30:59 AM UTC-7, jim kaubisch wrote:
>
>
> In several forms I have fields like to one below
>
> Field('the_file' , 'upload' , label=T('Audio File *'),
> default = False,
>
> uploadfolder=os.path.join(request.folder,'uploads/resources/audio')
> ),
>
>
> When I delete the db record containing the result of processing the field
> above, I also want to delete the actual uploaded file.
>
> If I "print" db.audios.the_file I get a sensible file name, e.g.
> "audios.the_file.87f39e4b2eac56a2.7331343035323830332e706466.mp3"
> but - if I pass db.audios.the_file to os.path.join, I get an exception -
> "EXCEPTION
> = join() argument must be str or bytes, not 'Field'"
> and - if I pass str(db.audios.the_file) to os.path.join I end up with
> something ending in 'uploads/resources/audio/the_file'
>
> Simple question. How do I get the name of the uploaded file in a form I
> can use in os.path.join
>
> Thanks
>
Just stumbled on the "autodelete" attribute in field definitions - which
serves my needs at the moment, but would still be useful to know how to get
at the filename for cases when you don't want auto delete
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