HTML form: file input from a url

Question

I would like to allow my users to either upload a file from their computer, or give the url of a file to upload.

Is there a way I can use the HTML file input to achieve both of these? My django backend is easier if the file comes in the POST data.

Answer 1

No, It is not possible to use the <input type="file" /> for both the purposes.

File input cannot process a string value.