# http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/patterns/fileuploads/
import os
from flask import Flask, request, redirect, url_for, send_from_directory
from werkzeug import secure_filename
UPLOAD_FOLDER = 'uploads'
ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS = set(['txt', 'pdf', 'png', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'gif'])
app = Flask(__name__)
app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'] = UPLOAD_FOLDER
def allowed_file(filename):
# this has changed from the original example because the original did not work for me
return filename[-3:].lower() in ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS
@app.route('/', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def upload_file():
if request.method == 'POST':
file = request.files['file']
if file and allowed_file(file.filename):
print '**found file', file.filename
filename = secure_filename(file.filename)
file.save(os.path.join(app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'], filename))
# for browser, add 'redirect' function on top of 'url_for'
return url_for('uploaded_file',
filename=filename)
return '''
Upload new File
Upload new File
'''
@app.route('/uploads/')
def uploaded_file(filename):
return send_from_directory(app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'],
filename)
if __name__ == '__main__':
app.run(debug=True)