create a web upload with flask
(venv) lindas-MacBook-Air:hello linda$ cat main.py
import os
# import magic
import urllib.request
from app import app
from flask import Flask, flash, request, redirect, render_template
from werkzeug.utils import secure_filename
ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS = set(['txt', 'pdf', 'png', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'gif'])
def allowed_file(filename):
return '.' in filename and filename.rsplit('.', 1)[1].lower() in ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS
@app.route('/')
def upload_form():
return render_template('upload.html')
@app.route('/', methods=['POST'])
def upload_file():
if request.method == 'POST':
# check if the post request has the file part
if 'file' not in request.files:
flash('No file part')
return redirect(request.url)
file = request.files['file']
if file.filename == '':
flash('No file selected for uploading')
return redirect(request.url)
if file and allowed_file(file.filename):
filename = secure_filename(file.filename)
file.save(os.path.join(app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'], filename))
flash('File successfully uploaded')
return redirect('/')
else:
flash('Allowed file types are txt, pdf, png, jpg, jpeg, gif')
return redirect(request.url)
if __name__ == "__main__":
app.run()
(venv) lindas-MacBook-Air:hello linda$ cat app.py
from flask import Flask
UPLOAD_FOLDER = '/Users/linda/PycharmProjects/hello'
app = Flask(__name__)
app.secret_key = "secret key"
app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'] = UPLOAD_FOLDER
app.config['MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH'] = 16 * 1024 * 1024
(venv) lindas-MacBook-Air:hello linda$ cat templates/upload.html
<!doctype html>
<title>Python Flask File Upload Example</title>
<h2>Select a file to upload</h2>
<p>
{% with messages = get_flashed_messages() %}
{% if messages %}
<ul class=flashes>
{% for message in messages %}
<li>{{ message }}</li>
{% endfor %}
</ul>
{% endif %}
{% endwith %}
</p>
<form method="post" action="/" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<dl>
<p>
<input type="file" name="file" autocomplete="off" required>
</p>
</dl>
<p>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</p>
</form>
(venv) lindas-MacBook-Air:hello linda$ python3 main.py
* Serving Flask app "app" (lazy loading)
* Environment: production
WARNING: This is a development server. Do not use it in a production deployment.
Use a production WSGI server instead.
* Debug mode: on
* Running on http://127.0.0.1:5000/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)
* Restarting with stat
* Debugger is active!
* Debugger PIN: 238-054-382