[Zope] manage_addFile method

[Cliff Ford]

In addition to the other advice you have received, watch out for the 
filename containing the full path in platform specific formats (i.e. :: 
from Macs and \\ from Windows).

Cliff

Asad Habib wrote:
> Hello. Is there a way to pass a variable for the id argument to
> manage_addFile? I want the user to be able to choose the id for a file
> that they wish to upload instead of hard-coding it in as a string literal.
> 
> I have tried the following code which is inside a Python script:
> 
> fileName = REQUEST.form['publicationsFile']
> context.manage_addFile(id=fileName, file=fileName, title=' ', precondition=' ', content_type='application/pdf')
> 
> The error I get is as follows:
> 
> Error Type: Bad Request
> Error Value: The id "<ZPublisher.HTTPRequest.FileUpload instance at 0x46a0170>" contains characters illegal in URLs.
> 
> However, if I use a string literal, everything works fine. The following
> yields no errors but doesn't serve my purpose:
> 
> fileName = REQUEST.form['publicationsFile']
> context.manage_addFile(id='fileName', file=fileName, title=' ', precondition=' ', content_type='application/pdf')
> 
> Also, if anyone knows of another method that could achieve the same
> purpose, please let me know. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks.
> 
> - Asad
> 
> 
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