Read from an uploaded file and put data in a form for automatic Django validation

[forthfan]

Hi all,

Being lazy, I want Django to validate the stuff I read from an uploaded file as if it were being posted.  Is there a nice way to do this?

[Derek]

Have a look at:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6091965/django-upload-a-file-and-read-its-content-to-populate-a-model

[Bill Beal]

This works:

In forms.py:

class UploadForm(forms.Form):

  name = forms.CharField(label='name')

  addr1 = forms.CharField(label='addr1')

Interactive:

>>> from django import *

>>> from app.forms import *

>>> d = {'name': 'Fibber McGee', 'addr1': '79 Wistful Vista'}

>>> form = UploadForm(d)

>>> form.is_bound

True

>>> form.is_valid()

True

>>> form.cleaned_data

{'name': u'Fibber McGee', 'addr1': u'79 Wistful Vista'}

>>>

I get a bound form from this, and Django does the validation for me.

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