I have a multi-file upload and want to limit users to 3 uploads each. My problem is that I need to know how many files a user has already created in the DB and how many they are currently uploading (they can upload multiple files at once, and can upload multiple times).
I have attempted many things, including:
Creating a validator (the validator was passed the actual file being added, not a model, so I couldn't access the model to get it's id to call if StudentUploadedFile.objects.filter(student_lesson_data=data.id).count() >= 4:).
Doing the validation in clean(self): (clean was only passed one instance at a time and the DB isn't updated till all files are cleaned, so I could count the files already in the DB but couldn't count how many were currently being uploaded).
Using a pre-save method (If the DB was updated between each file being passed to my pre-save method it would work, but the DB is only updated after all the files being uploaded have passed through my pre-save method).
My post-save attempt:
@receiver(pre_save, sender=StudentUploadedFile)
def upload_file_pre_save(sender, instance, **kwargs):
if StudentUploadedFile.objects.filter(student_lesson_data=instance.data.id).count() >= 4:
raise ValidationError('Sorry, you cannot upload more than three files')
edit:
models.py
class StudentUploadedFile(models.Model):
student_lesson_data = models.ForeignKey(StudentLessonData, related_name='student_uploaded_file', on_delete=models.CASCADE)
student_file = models.FileField(upload_to='module_student_files/', default=None)
views.py
class StudentUploadView(View):
def get(self, request):
files_list = StudentUploadedFile.objects.all()
return render(self.request, 'users/modules.html', {'student_files': files_list})
def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
form = StudentUploadedFileForm(self.request.POST, self.request.FILES)
form.instance.student_lesson_data_id = self.request.POST['student_lesson_data_id']
if form.is_valid():
uploaded_file = form.save()
# pass uploaded_file data and username so new file can be added to students file list using ajax
# lesson_id is used to output newly added file to corresponding newly_added_files div
data = {'is_valid': True, 'username': request.user.username, 'file_id': uploaded_file.id, 'file_name': uploaded_file.filename(),
'lesson_id': uploaded_file.student_lesson_data_id, 'file_path': str(uploaded_file.student_file)}
else:
data = {'is_valid': False}
return JsonResponse(data)
template.py
<form id='student_uploaded_file{{ item.instance.id }}'>
{% csrf_token %}
<a href="{% url 'download_student_uploaded_file' username=request.user.username file_path=item.instance.student_file %}" target='_blank'>{{ item.instance.filename }}</a>
<a href="{% url 'delete_student_uploaded_file' username=request.user.username file_id=item.instance.id %}" class='delete' id='{{ item.instance.id }}'>Delete</a>
</form>
js
$(function () {
// open file explorer window
$(".js-upload-photos").on('click', function(){
// concatenates the id from the button pressed onto the end of fileupload class to call correct input element
$("#fileupload" + this.id).click();
});
$('.fileupload_input').each(function() {
$(this).fileupload({
dataType: 'json',
done: function(e, data) { // process response from server
// add newly added files to students uploaded files list
if (data.result.is_valid) {
$("#newly_added_files" + data.result.lesson_id).prepend("<form id='student_uploaded_file" + data.result.file_id +
"'><a href='/student_hub/" + data.result.username + "/download_student_uploaded_file/" +
data.result.file_path + "' target='_blank'>" + data.result.file_name + "</a><a href='/student_hub/" + data.result.username +
"/delete_student_uploaded_file/" + data.result.file_id + "/' class='delete' id=" + data.result.file_id + ">Delete</a></form>")
}
}
});
});
UPDATE: forms.py
class StudentUploadedFileForm(forms.ModelForm):
student_file = forms.FileField(widget=forms.ClearableFileInput(attrs={'multiple': True}))
view.py
class StudentUploadView(View):
model = StudentUploadedFile
max_files_per_lesson = 3
def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
lesson_data_id = request.POST['student_lesson_data_id']
current_files_count = self.model.objects.filter(
student_lesson_data_id=lesson_data_id
).count()
avail = self.max_files_per_lesson - current_files_count
file_list = request.FILES.getlist('student_file')
print(len(file_list))
if avail - len(file_list) < 0:
return JsonResponse(data={
'is_valid': False,
'reason': f'Too many files: you can only upload {avail}.'
})
else:
for f in file_list:
print(f)
data = {'test': True}
return JsonResponse(data)
Thank you.
