Im hoping someone can help me with this as I am little lost. So, here goes. I have a model which has a file field. I am creating multiple instances of the model object and then doing a bulk_create at the end.
How can I set the FileField when I create the model instances? Ive tried setting the field to the file name, tried other methods but it never works, I have no idea what Im doing wrong. Any insight?
How specifically are you trying this? It’s probably going to be easier to see what’s wrong if you post the code you’re using.
Hi, yes, I can see how the code would help.
So, as I mentioned I am using PyPdf2 and breaking up a PDF passed in into smaller files with this code:
After this I will loop over and create multiple Model objects which are stored in an array something like this:
doc_objs = []
Here’s how the model object in question is laid out:
The LAST line of the model is the one I am having an issue with. I cannot figure out how to get the PDF file in the first paste associated with the model instance in the second paste.
I hope this helps and thanks for taking the time to assist.
In the future, please post the code snippets here. When you do, enclose it between lines of three backtick - ` characters. This means you’ll have a line of ```, then your code, then another line of ```.
Anyway, you didn’t post your model, so I’m guessing that the field named pdf is your FileField.
Keep in mind that the FileField is an object, and not just a CharField. Saving a file name (character string) is not the same as creating the FileField object for storing references to files. (Also see Managing files | Django documentation | Django and The File object | Django documentation | Django)
So this process would involve creating an instance of a FileField object and assigning the right attributes to it.
Disclaimer: I’ve never actually done this myself. (When we generate files, we store the relative path in a CharField, bypassing all the extra work done by the Django file interfaces. It’s a sufficiently small part of what we do that we decided it wasn’t worth the effort to worry about doing anything else.)