I have a form with about 10 fields 3 of which are filefields.
When I create a new record, No problem. When I update all fields, No problem. When I update only the 3 file fields and none of the other fields, no problem. But If I leave one filefield empty in the template I get MultiValueDictKeyError. Which is not cool because I want the users to be able to upload or update whatever fields they like whether its 1 or 3 or all fields.
I have searched everywhere and I cannot see this exact question coming up anywhere. Any help would be really appreciated.
Please excuse my very long winded code. I am a beginner. Form is something like this...
class DocumentForm(forms.Form):
price= forms.IntegerField(max_value=1000, min_value=1,
label='1. Set Price in $',
help_text='*')
docfile = forms.FileField(allow_empty_file= True,
label='3 Upload file 1',
help_text='*')
docfile1 = forms.FileField(allow_empty_file= True,
label='2. Upload file2',
help_text='*')
docfile2=forms.FileField(allow_empty_file= True,
label='4. Upload a file ',
help_text='*')
name= forms.CharField(widget=forms.TextInput,help_text='*')
description=forms.CharField(widget=forms.Textarea,help_text='*')
RADIO_CHOICES = (
('none', "No Category"),
('one', "Music"),
('two', "Movie"),
('three', "Tutorial "),
)
category=forms.ChoiceField(
choices=RADIO_CHOICES,
widget=forms.RadioSelect(),
label ='7. Select a Category for your upload',
required=False,
initial=False,
)
isover18s = forms.BooleanField(
label='8. Is over 18 content advised?',
required=False,
initial=False
)
Model is something like this...
class Document(models.Model):
docfile1 =models.FileField(blank=True,null=True,upload_to= 'MEDIA_ROOT/documents/%Y/%m/%d',)
docfile = models.FileField(blank=True,null=True,upload_to= 'MEDIA_ROOT/documents/%Y/%m/%d',)
docfile2 =models.FileField(blank=True, null=True,upload_to= 'MEDIA_ROOT/documents/%Y/%m/%d',)
category= models.CharField(max_length=100, null=False, blank=False)
usersname =models.CharField(max_length=100, null=False, blank=False)
name= models.CharField(max_length=100, null=False, blank=False)
description=models.CharField(max_length=300, null=False, blank=False)
isover18s =models.BooleanField(default=False, verbose_name = "Over 18 Content advised?")
price=models.IntegerField(verbose_name="Price is in Dollars MAX is $999")
dateUploaded=models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, auto_now=False)
preview_views=models.IntegerField(verbose_name="Pre Views")
views=models.IntegerField(verbose_name="Views")
View is very long winded because another view uses the same form for different purpose and I'm no good. Anyway it is something like this...
def edit_preview(request, document_id):
if request.method == 'POST':
form = DocumentForm(request.POST, request.FILES)
form.fields['docfile'].required = False
form.fields['docfile1'].required = False
form.fields['docfile2'].required = False
form.fields['category'].required = False
form.fields['price'].required = False
form.fields['description'].required = False
form.fields['name'].required = False
if form.is_valid():
newdoc = Document.objects.get(id=document_id)
newdoc.usersname = request.user.username
newdoc = Document(docfile = request.FILES['docfile'])
if newdoc.docfile:
myfile=newdoc.docfile
newdoc = Document(docfile1 = request.FILES['docfile1'])
if newdoc.docfile1:
myfile1=newdoc.docfile1
newdoc = Document(docfile2 = request.FILES['docfile2'])
if newdoc.docfile2:
myfile2= newdoc.docfile2
newdoc = Document.objects.get(id=document_id)
newdoc.usersname = request.user.username
if myfile:
newdoc.docfile = myfile
if myfile:
newdoc.docfile1 = myfile1
if myfile:
newdoc.docfile2 = myfile2
newdoc.price=request.POST.get('price','')
newdoc.category= request.POST.get('category','')
newdoc.isover18s =request.POST.get('isover18s','')
newdoc.name =request.POST.get('name','')
newdoc.description =request.POST.get('description','')
form.clean_content()
if myfile:
newdoc.save(update_fields=['docfile'])
if myfile1:
newdoc.save(update_fields=['docfile1'])
if myfile2:
newdoc.save(update_fields=['docfile2'])
if request.POST.get('price'):
newdoc.save(update_fields=['price'])
if request.POST.get('category'):
newdoc.save(update_fields=['category'])
if request.POST.get('isover18s'):
newdoc.save(update_fields=['isover18s'])
if request.POST.get('name'):
newdoc.save(update_fields=['name'])
if request.POST.get('description'):
newdoc.save(update_fields=['description'])
document = Document.objects.get(id=document_id)
form = DocumentForm()
return render_to_response(
'edit_preview.html',
{'document': document, 'form': form},
context_instance=RequestContext(request)
)
The Template form is way too big and messy that I can't seem to get it pasted in properly. Hope someone can help.
Thanks a million @knbk This is what I changed the view to and it works 100% now ...
def edit_preview(request, document_id):
if request.method == 'POST':
form = DocumentForm(request.POST, request.FILES)
form.fields['docfile'].required = False
form.fields['docfile1'].required = False
form.fields['docfile2'].required = False
form.fields['category'].required = False
form.fields['price'].required = False
form.fields['description'].required = False
form.fields['name'].required = False
if form.is_valid():
newdoc = Document.objects.get(id=document_id)
newdoc.usersname = request.user.username
if request.FILES.get('docfile'):
myfile=request.FILES.get('docfile')
else:
myfile=None
if request.FILES.get('docfile1'):
myfile1=request.FILES.get('docfile1')
else:
myfile1=None
if request.FILES.get('docfile2'):
myfile2=request.FILES.get('docfile2')
else:
myfile2=None
if myfile:
newdoc.docfile = myfile
if myfile1:
newdoc.docfile1 = myfile1
if myfile2:
newdoc.docfile2 = myfile2
newdoc.price=request.POST.get('price','')
newdoc.category= request.POST.get('category','')
newdoc.isover18s =request.POST.get('isover18s','')
newdoc.name =request.POST.get('name','')
newdoc.description =request.POST.get('description','')
form.clean_content()
if myfile:
newdoc.save(update_fields=['docfile'])
if myfile1:
newdoc.save(update_fields=['docfile1'])
if myfile2:
newdoc.save(update_fields=['docfile2'])
if request.POST.get('price'):
newdoc.save(update_fields=['price'])
if request.POST.get('category'):
newdoc.save(update_fields=['category'])
if request.POST.get('isover18s'):
newdoc.save(update_fields=['isover18s'])
if request.POST.get('name'):
newdoc.save(update_fields=['name'])
if request.POST.get('description'):
newdoc.save(update_fields=['description'])
p =request.POST.get('docfile')
document = Document.objects.get(id=document_id)
form = DocumentForm()
return render_to_response(
'edit_preview.html',
{'document': document, 'form': form},
context_instance=RequestContext(request)
)
