yoavram · December 21, 2012 08:41 · Dec 21, 2012
diff --git a/client.py b/client.py
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+import requests
+
+#http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/user/quickstart/#post-a-multipart-encoded-file
+
+url = "http://localhost:5000/"
+fin = open('simple_table.pdf', 'rb')
+files = {'file': fin}
+try:
+  r = requests.post(url, files=files)
+	print r.text
+finally:
+	fin.close()
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
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+# 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 '''
+    <!doctype html>
+    <title>Upload new File</title>
+    <h1>Upload new File</h1>
+    <form action="" method=post enctype=multipart/form-data>
+      <p><input type=file name=file>
+         <input type=submit value=Upload>
+    </form>
+    '''
+
+@app.route('/uploads/<filename>')
+def uploaded_file(filename):
+    return send_from_directory(app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'],
+                               filename)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+	app.run(debug=True)