Added example for demonstrating how to create custom views that interact

with jQuery File Upload plugin.

Author: Dan Johnson

fileupload/models.py

@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 from django.db import models
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 
 class Picture(models.Model):
 
     # This is a small demo using FileField instead of ImageField, not
     # depending on PIL. You will probably want ImageField in your app.
     file = models.FileField(upload_to="pictures")
     slug = models.SlugField(max_length=50, blank=True)
+    creator = models.ForeignKey(User)
 
     def __unicode__(self):
-        return self.file
+        return self.file.name
 
     @models.permalink
     def get_absolute_url(self):

fileupload/templates/fileupload/picture_form.html

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         <div class="page-header">
             <h1>Django Jquery File Upload Demo</h1>
         </div>
-        <form id="fileupload" method="post" action="." enctype="multipart/form-data">{% csrf_token %}
+        <form id="fileupload" method="post" action="./add/" enctype="multipart/form-data">{% csrf_token %}
             <div class="row fileupload-buttonbar">
                 <div class="span7">
                     <span class="btn btn-primary fileinput-button">

fileupload/urls.py

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
-from fileupload.views import PictureCreateView, PictureDeleteView
+from fileupload.views import PictureCreateView, PictureDeleteView, multiple_uploader
+
 
 urlpatterns = patterns('',
     (r'^new/$', PictureCreateView.as_view(), {}, 'upload-new'),
+    (r'^new/add/$', multiple_uploader, {}, 'upload-add'),
     (r'^delete/(?P<pk>\d+)$', PictureDeleteView.as_view(), {}, 'upload-delete'),
 )
 

fileupload/views.py

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.utils import simplejson
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
-
 from django.conf import settings
 
 def response_mimetype(request):
@@ -24,6 +23,30 @@ def form_valid(self, form):
         response['Content-Disposition'] = 'inline; filename=files.json'
         return response
 
+def multiple_uploader(request):
+    if request.POST:
+        if request.FILES == None:
+            raise Http404("No objects uploaded")
+        f = request.FILES['file']
+
+        a = Picture()
+        a.creator = request.user
+        a.file.save(f.name, f)
+        a.save()
+
+        result = [{'name': f.name,
+                   'size': f.size,
+                   'url': a.file.url,
+                 },]
+
+        response_data = simplejson.dumps(result)
+        if "application/json" in request.META['HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING']:
+            mimetype = 'application/json'
+        else:
+            mimetype = 'text/plain'
+        return HttpResponse(response_data, mimetype=mimetype)
+    else:
+        return HttpResponse('Only POST accepted')
 
 class PictureDeleteView(DeleteView):
     model = Picture