How can I get the file name from request.FILES?

Question

How can I get the file name from request.FILES in Django?

def upload(request):     if request.method == 'POST':         form = UploadForm(request.POST, request.FILES)         if form.is_valid():             upload = Upload()             upload.timestamp = datetime.datetime.now()             save_instance(form, upload) 

I tried using this but it did not work:

  if 'filename'  in request.FILES:          filename = request.FILES['filename'] 

Answer 1

request.FILES['filename'].name 

From the request documentation.

If you don't know the key, you can iterate over the files:

for filename, file in request.FILES.iteritems():     name = request.FILES[filename].name 

Answer 2

file = request.FILES['filename'] file.name           # Gives name file.content_type   # Gives Content type text/html etc file.size           # Gives file's size in byte file.read()         # Reads file