Bobtail File Upload

Middleware to upload files for Bobtail

Install

pip install bobtail-upload

Usage

from bobtail_upload import BobtailUpload

app = Bobtail(routes=routes)

app.use(BobtailUpload(options={}))

Saving files

Bobtail Upload will attach the an Upload API to the request object There are 2 methods now available:

• add(self, *, file_name: str, data: bytes, mimetype: str) -> None
• save(self, *, table_name: str = None, pk: Union[int, str] = None) -> None

def post(self, req: Request, res: Response):
    data = req.get_multipart_data()
    req.upload.add(
        file_name=data["logo"]["value"]["filename"],
        data=data["logo"]["value"]["file_data"],
        mimetype=data["logo"]["value"]["mimetype"],
    )
    
    req.upload.save()

Mapping file saves to your database tables

To save files based on a table name & primary key.

The default upload directory path is /uploads

- uploads
  - images
    - 2

For example

def post(self, req: Request, res: Response):
    data = req.get_multipart_data()
    req.upload.add(
        file_name=data["logo"]["value"]["filename"],
        data=data["logo"]["value"]["file_data"],
        mimetype=data["logo"]["value"]["mimetype"],
    )
    
    # Use your ORM to save the file to your db & obtain the returned primary key (pk)
    req.upload.save(table_name="images", pk=pk)

Options

• UPLOAD_DIR - the directory path where files will be saved (defaults to uploads).

options = {
    "UPLOAD_DIR": "uploads",
}