Uploading Files Into Memory

Anvil Q&A
1

Is it possible to upload a file into a variable?

I have some very small csv files I want to load and parse but I don’t want to use Google Drive if at all possible.

It looks like I might be able to use BlobMedia, but I can’t make it work.

2

It’s ok, I’ve done it.

def file_loader_1_change (self, files, **event_args):
    # This method is called when a new file is loaded into this FileLoader
    for f in self.file_loader_1.files:
      print(f.name)
      print(f.length)
      print(f.get_bytes())

Feel I ought to qualify why that was an issue lest you think me an idiot as it’s so obvious :slight_smile:
The file I was uploading was a symlink to a directory I needed root to access, so it was failing (at least that’s the only reason I can find). Hence I thought the technique was flawed so I started looking at Blobs, etc.