flask API upload files code example

Example 1: flask rest api upload image

from flask import Flask
    from flask_restful import Resource, Api, reqparse
    import werkzeug

    class UploadAudio(Resource):
      def post(self):
        parse = reqparse.RequestParser()
        parse.add_argument('file', type=werkzeug.datastructures.FileStorage, location='files')
        args = parse.parse_args()
        audioFile = args['file']
        audioFile.save("your_file_name.jpg")

Example 2: flask upload

def allowed_file(filename):
    return '.' in filename and \
           filename.rsplit('.', 1)[1].lower() in ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS

@app.route('/', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def upload_file():
    if request.method == 'POST':
        # check if the post request has the file part
        if 'file' not in request.files:
            flash('No file part')
            return redirect(request.url)
        file = request.files['file']
        # if user does not select file, browser also
        # submit an empty part without filename
        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))
            return redirect(url_for('uploaded_file',
                                    filename=filename))
    return '''
    <!doctype html>
    <title>Upload new File</title>
    <h1>Upload new File</h1>
    <form method=post enctype=multipart/form-data>
      <input type=file name=file>
      <input type=submit value=Upload>
    </form>
    '''

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