How to Delete Files from the Server with Flask
When I Upload Files with This Function: @App. Route('/Add_Item', Methods=['Get', 'Post']) @Login_Required Def New_Item(): Error = None Form =...
When i upload files with this function:
@app.route('/add_item', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
@login_required
def new_item():
error = None
form = AddItemForm(request.form)
if request.method == 'POST':
file = request.files['file']
if file and allowed_file(file.filename) and form.name.data != "" and form.description.data != "":
filename = secure_filename(file.filename)
file.save(os.path.join(app.config['UPLOADED_ITEMS_DEST'], filename))
new_item = Item(
filename,
form.name.data,
form.description.data,
form.price.data,
form.age.data,
form.particles.data,
form.category.data,
'1',
)
db.session.add(new_item)
db.session.commit()
return redirect(url_for('admin_items'))
else:
return render_template('admin_items.html', form=form, error=error)
if request.method == 'GET':
return redirect(url_for('admin_items'))
How can i delete this uploaded file with the function which deletes the item? The issue is that the function i currently have only deletes the content of the item (description, price, etc) but the actual file which was uploaded to the folder is not removed of course! This creates a problem!
Here is my delete function:
# Delete Items:
@app.route('/delete_item/<int:item_id>/', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
@login_required
def delete_item(item_id):
new_id = item_id
os.remove(os.path.join(app.config['UPLOADED_ITEMS_DEST'], filename))
db.session.query(Item).filter_by(item_id=new_id).delete()
db.session.commit()
return redirect(url_for('admin_items'))
2 Answers
@app.route('/delete_item/<int:item_id>/', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
@login_required
def delete_item(item_id):
new_id = item_id
item = self.session.query(Item).get(item_id)
os.remove(os.path.join(app.config['UPLOADED_ITEMS_DEST'], item.filename))
self.session.delete(item)
db.session.commit()
return redirect(url_for('admin_items'))
Of course you should implement proper error catching. take a look at:
you can run command in Python
os.system('rm THE_FILE_TO_DELETE')
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