Error while uploading files to my selected folder it raises the following error.
As I am new to flask I am unable to catch the error.
Not Found
The requested URL was not found on the server. If you entered the URL manually please check your spelling and try again.
app.py
import os
#import magic
import urllib.request
#from app import app
from flask import Flask, flash, request, redirect, render_template
from werkzeug.utils import secure_filename
app = Flask(__name__)
#app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'] = UPLOAD_FOLDER
UPLOAD_FOLDER = '/static'
ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS = set(['txt', 'pdf', 'png', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'gif'])
def allowed_file(filename):
return '.' in filename and filename.rsplit('.', 1)[1].lower() in ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS
@app.route('/')
def upload_form():
return render_template('upload.html')
@app.route('/', methods=['POST'])
def upload_file():
if request.method == 'POST':
# check if the post request has the files part
if 'files[]' not in request.files:
flash('No file part')
return redirect(request.url)
files = request.files.getlist('files[]')
for file in files:
if file and allowed_file(file.filename):
filename = secure_filename(file.filename)
file.save(os.path.join(app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'], filename))
flash('File(s) successfully uploaded')
return redirect('/')
if __name__ == "__main__":
app.run(debug = True)
upload.html
<!doctype html>
<title>Python Flask Multiple Files Upload Example</title>
<h2>Select file(s) to upload</h2>
<p>
{% with messages = get_flashed_messages() %}
{% if messages %}
<ul class=flashes>
{% for message in messages %}
<li>{{ message }}</li>
{% endfor %}
</ul>
{% endif %}
{% endwith %}
</p>
<form method="post" action="/" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<dl>
<p>
<input type="file" name="files[]" multiple="true" autocomplete="off" required>
</p>
</dl>
<p>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</p>
</form>
You should change your code
@app.route('/', methods=['POST', 'GET'])
def upload_file():
if request.method == 'POST':
# check if the post request has the files part
if 'files[]' not in request.files:
flash('No file part')
return redirect(request.url)
files = request.files.getlist('files[]')
for file in files:
if file and allowed_file(file.filename):
filename = secure_filename(file.filename)
file.save(os.path.join(app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'], filename))
flash('File(s) successfully uploaded')
return redirect('/')
elif request.method == 'GET':
return render_template('upload.html')