I am trying to upload and fetch the data from csv file uploaded by user. I am using the following code. This is my html form (upload_csv1.html):
<form action="{% url 'myapp:upload_csv' %}" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
{% csrf_token %}
<input type="file" name="csv_file1">
<input type="submit" value="Upload">
</form>
This is views.py:
def uploadcsv(request):
data = {}
if "GET" == request.method:
return render(request, "myapp/upload_csv1.html", data)
# if not GET, then proceed
try:
csv_file = request.FILES["csv_file1"]
if not csv_file.name.endswith('.csv'):
messages.error(request,'File is not CSV type')
return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse("myapp:upload_csv"))
#if file is too large, return
if csv_file.multiple_chunks():
messages.error(request,"Uploaded file is too big (%.2f MB)." % (csv_file.size/(1000*1000),))
return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse("myapp:upload_csv"))
file_data = csv_file.read().decode("utf-8")
lines = file_data.split("\n")
#loop over the lines and save them in db. If error , store as string and then display
for line in lines:
fields = line.split(",")
data_dict = {}
data_dict["sku"] = fields[0]
data_dict["item_name"] = fields[1]
try:
form = PalazzoForm(data_dict)
if form.is_valid():
form.save()
else:
logging.getLogger("error_logger").error(form.errors.as_json())
except Exception as e:
logging.getLogger("error_logger").error(form.errors.as_json())
pass
except Exception as e:
logging.getLogger("error_logger").error("Unable to upload file. "+repr(e))
messages.error(request,"Unable to upload file. "+repr(e))
return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse("myapp:upload_csv"))
And the code is working fine.
What I am not able to get is that when I am printing request.method in views
def uploadcsv(request):
print request.method
the output is "GET" instead of "POST".
My doubt is,
- if the request.method is GET then why the code is not skipping the "try-except" block and how is it processing the csv file?
- when the HTML form method is set as "post", why is it showing request.method as "GET" ?
I have looked for this and this (which is somehow related to my question) but there is no final answer on these questions.
I have also tried the append slash redirect by typing the proper URL but the request.method remains "GET".
Can anyone clarify the concept of this?
The code I am using is from this source