Sometimes, we want to upload an image in Python Flask.
In this article, we’ll look at how to upload an image in Python Flask.
How to upload an image in Python Flask?
To upload an image in Python Flask, we can get the uploaded file from request.files in our view.
For instance, we write
import os
from flask import Flask, flash, request, redirect, url_for
from werkzeug.utils import secure_filename
UPLOAD_FOLDER = '/path/to/the/uploads'
ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS = set(['txt', 'pdf', 'png', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'gif'])
app = Flask(__name__)
app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'] = UPLOAD_FOLDER
def upload_file():
if request.method == 'POST':
if 'file' not in request.files:
flash('No file part')
return redirect(request.url)
file = request.files['file']
if file.filename == '':
flash('No selected file')
return redirect(request.url)
if file and allowed_file(file.filename):
filename = secure_filename(file.filename)
file.save(os.path.join(app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'], filename))
to get the uploaded file from the form data entry with key file with
file = request.files['file']
We check if the file isn’t selected with
if file.filename == ''
Then we save the file to disk with
file.save(os.path.join(app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'], filename))
Conclusion
To upload an image in Python Flask, we can get the uploaded file from request.files in our view.
