upload a file¶

To upload a file and save it to the drive using Django without using the database or models, you can follow these steps:

1. Get the file from the request.
2. Create a new file object using the open() function.
3. Write the contents of the uploaded file to the new file object.
4. Close the new file object.
5. Save the new file object to the desired location.

Here is a simple example of how to upload a file and save it to the drive using Django without using the database or models:

import os

def upload_file(request):
    # Get the file from the request.
    file = request.FILES['file']

    # Create a new file object.
    with open(os.path.join('/path/to/save/file', file.name), 'wb') as new_file:
        # Write the contents of the uploaded file to the new file object.
        for chunk in file.chunks():
            new_file.write(chunk)

This will save the uploaded file to the location /path/to/save/file with the file name file.name.

You can also use Django's FileSystemStorage class to save the file to the drive without using the database or models. The FileSystemStorage class provides a convenient way to manage files stored on the filesystem. To use the FileSystemStorage class, you first need to create a FileSystemStorage object. You can then use the save() method on the FileSystemStorage object to save the uploaded file to the drive.

Here is a simple example of how to use the FileSystemStorage class to save a file to the drive without using the database or models:

from django.core.files.storage import FileSystemStorage

def upload_file(request):
    # Get the file from the request.
    file = request.FILES['file']

    # Create a FileSystemStorage object.
    fs = FileSystemStorage(location='/path/to/save/file')

    # Save the uploaded file to the drive.
    file_name = fs.save(file.name, file)

This will save the uploaded file to the location /path/to/save/file with the file name file_name.

Which method you use to save the file to the drive without using the database or models depends on your personal preference and the specific needs of your project.

import os

def save_file_to_folder(request, folder_path):
    file = request.FILES['file']

    # Create a new file object.
    with open(os.path.join(folder_path, file.name), 'wb') as new_file:
        # Write the contents of the uploaded file to the new file object.
        for chunk in file.chunks():
            new_file.write(chunk)