[Zope] Yet another newbie question (file upload and python scripts)

David bluepaul at earthlink.net
Sat Jan 28 14:20:12 EST 2006


Janusz Zamecki wrote:

>Hi, after googling and RTFM I have no other option but ask you for help.
>
>I have the following DTML document:
>
><dtml-var standard_html_header>
><form action=3D"checkTheFile" method=3D"post" enctype=3D"multipart/form-d=
>ata">
>Select the file:
><input type=3D"file" name=3D"the_file">
><input type=3D"submit" name=3D"go" value=3D"Next >>">
></form>
><dtml-var standard_html_footer>
>
>
>And here is the checkTheFile python script:
>## Script (Python) "checkTheFile"
>##bind container=3Dcontainer
>##bind context=3Dcontext
>##bind namespace=3D
>##bind script=3Dscript
>##bind subpath=3Dtraverse_subpath
>##parameters=3D
>##title=3D
>##
># Import a standard function, and get the HTML request and response objec=
>ts.
>from Products.PythonScripts.standard import html_quote
>request =3D container.REQUEST
>RESPONSE =3D  request.RESPONS
>
>
>filename=3Dhtml_quote(request.form['the_file'].filename)
>context.fs.rpt.manage_addFile(filename, request.form['the_file'],
>content_type=3D"text/xml")
># the next line does'n work:
>file_content=3Drequest.form['the_file'].read()
># EOF
>
>I need to temporary save uploaded file then I have to validate it. But
>I've received the following error message:
>
>Site error:
>Error Type: AttributeError
>Error Value: read
>
>I've tested it on zope 2.7.7 and 2.9.0 on suse 10.0. (python 2.4.1).
>
>So, It is obvious to me that I've made a mistake, but I have no idea
>where it is?
>
>I hope that someone could show me the right way....
>
>Best regards to all,
>
>Janusz
>
>  
>
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>
>  
>
Janusz,

Zope objects of meta-type FILE do not have a read().  But with python 
there always is a way, eg

ListOfLines = str(context.someFileObject).split('\n')  # if its a 
delimited file, this has worked for me in the past

for line in listOfLines:
   doValidations(line)

?
David




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