Django Upload文件获取全名和文件路径

Question

I'm tinkering around with cloud storage api's and need help getting the full file name from an upload form on Django. I currently can let the user choose a file, "file.txt" from any directory, and can get the name through

for file in request.FILES.getlist('file'):
    print file.name `

However I want the full file path, something more like 'home/user/documents/file.txt'

Is this possible and how would I get the full name? I'm not looking to actually upload the file, just get the full path so that I can utilize dropbox/google drive api.

For reference here is my form :

class UploadFileForm(forms.Form):
    folder_name = forms.CharField(max_length = 300)
    title = forms.CharField(max_length=50)
    file = forms.FileField(label='Select a file')

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Browsers do not tell what directory the files come from. They do not even give that information to the scripts on the page.

When a user uploads a file, you may know:

• Its basename.
• Its size.
• Its type (usually guessed from extension).
• Its modification time.

This is all you will get, regardless of whether you access the information straight from the browser's <input> element, or wait for it to POST it.

You may also turn this answer the other way around: if you really need to be able to post the full path of the file, you need to develop a client-side application that will send it. It could be a standalone executable, a browser addon/app, or a Java applet, whatever as long as it runs outside of the webpage sandbox.

I do not use dropbox, but I believe you need to download and install some additional software to use it. That's how it would access the full path of your files.