multiple files upload using same input name in django

Question

i m having trouble in uploading multiple files with same input name:

<input type=file name="file">
<input type=file name="file">
<input type=file name="file">

at django side

print request.FILES :

<MultiValueDict: {u'file': [
<TemporaryUploadedFile: captcha_bg.jpg (image/jpeg)>,
<TemporaryUploadedFile: 001_using_git_with_django.mov (video/quicktime)>,
<TemporaryUploadedFile: ejabberd-ust.odt (application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)>
]}>

so all three files are under single request.FILES['file'] object . how do i handle for each files uploaded from here?

Answer 1

for f in request.FILES.getlist('file'):
    # do something with the file f...

EDIT: I know this was an old answer, but I came across it just now and have edited the answer to actually be correct. It was previously suggesting that you could iterate directly over request.FILES['file']. To access all items in a MultiValueDict, you use .getlist('file'). Using just ['file'] will only return the last data value it finds for that key.