Maybe I should do it on cgi level?
On Monday, June 4, 2012 10:05:23 PM UTC+8, Anthony wrote:
>
> I'm not sure how you might be able to process the file *while* it is
> uploading (i.e., process the bytes as they are received by the server), but
> if you can wait until the file is fully uploaded, you can access the
> uploaded file as a Python cgi.FieldStorage object:
>
> def upload():
> if request.vars.myfile:
> video = encode_video(request.vars.myfile.file)
> [do something with video]
> form = SQLFORM.factory(Field('myfile', 'upload', uploadfolder=
> '/path/to/upload')).process()
> return dict(form=form)
>
> Upon upload, request.vars.myfile will be a cgi.FieldStorage object, and
> the open file object will be in request.vars.myfile.file. Note, if the
> encoding takes a while, you might want to pass it off to a task queue
> rather than handle it in the controller.
>
> Anthony
>
> On Monday, June 4, 2012 4:23:55 AM UTC-4, Charles Tang wrote:
>>
>> I am using a sqlform to upload a video file and want to encoding the
>> video file while uploading. But I noticed that the upload file is not saved
>> to uploads directory utill it is completely uploaded. Is there a temporary
>> file and how can I access it ?Thanks.
>>
>
