How to access multiple files stored in a file field in django?

Question

We can save multiple files in one filefield, using multiple attribute in HTML input tag and using request.FILES.getlist() and for loop in views.
This works properly, but the question is:
When we save several files in one filefield of an object,‌ how can we access all of them in templates? I tried the same as the code below but it did not work:

{% for foo in obj.filefield %}
    {{ foo }}
{% endfor %}

This post explains how to save multiple files in same filefield: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38257231/how-can-i-upload-multiple-files-to-a-model-field — Mehran Isapour, Oct 13 '20 at 14:56
as the answer says, you define an extra model, where in the related model, the `FileField` each time stores *one* file. — Willem Van Onsem, Oct 13 '20 at 14:57
but all files are stored in the path of a file field of an object. — Mehran Isapour, Oct 13 '20 at 15:05
no, in the accepted answer, you have a `Feed` model, and a `FeedFile` model. The `FeedFile` links to the `Feed`, and each `FeedFile` carries *one* file. You thus simply construct *multiple* `FeedFile`s that each link to the same `Feed` if you want to store multiple files related to a `Feed` object. The same concept is repeated in the other answers, although with different names, and slightly different details. — Willem Van Onsem, Oct 13 '20 at 15:06
If you want to upload multiple files using one form field... : https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/topics/http/file-uploads/#uploading-multiple-files — Mehran Isapour, Oct 13 '20 at 15:07
exactly, the form field can contain multiple files. But then in the view you see `... # Do something with each file.`, this is where you thus construct the different `FeedFile` objects in the answer. The document thus makes abstraction about how you *process* the uploaded files, and you can not store multiple ones in the same `FileField` of the model. — Willem Van Onsem, Oct 13 '20 at 15:08
A *form field* deals with handling user input, but it does not deal with storing it in a database record, that is what model field are dealing with. — Willem Van Onsem, Oct 13 '20 at 15:09

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 13 '20 at 14:55

You can't store multiple files in the same FileField [Django-doc]. You can only store one file. If you need to store multiple files, you make an extra model:

class MyModel(models.Model):
    # …
    pass

class MyModelFile(models.Model):
    my_model = models.ForeignKey(
        MyModel,
        related_name='files'
        on_delete=models.CASCADE
    )
    file = models.FileField()

So for a MyModel object, you can add multiple MyModelFiles that then each store one file.

You can then render these like:

{% for file in obj.files.all %}
    {{ file.file }}
{ %endfor %}

How to access multiple files stored in a file field in django?

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