File picker from DRF's UI

[Patrick Tchankue]

I am using DRF it works fine but there is no option to upload a file from the native UI. I have to use a tool such as Postman to achieve it. 
Is there a way I can do it with DRF's native UI?

I created a serializer with ImageField and FileField but I still don't get a file picker.

[Joseph Wayodi]

Do you mean from the browsable API? I just tested (on version 2.4.4,
though), and can see a file picker.

Could we see your serializer's code?

Joseph.

[Patrick Tchankue]

Hi

I tried this by setting a method to a specific endpoint that will allow me to get and post details about users

My serializer looks like this
Class PersonSerializer (serializers.Serializer):
....
picture = serializers.ImageField (required=false)

In my code to list and add a user, I use PersonSerializer.

Can you perhaps send me a working code so ghat I will see what is missing in mine.

Regards

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[Joseph Wayodi]

This shows the file-picker widget in the browsable API:

# serializers
Class PersonSerializer (serializers.Serializer):
picture = serializers.ImageField (required=False)

# viewsets
class PersonViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
queryset = models.Person.objects.all()
serializer_class = serializers.PersonSerializer

# urls
router.register(r'people', viewsets.PeopleViewSet)

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[Patrick Tchankue]

Hi Joseph,

Thanks for your input. Our approaches are fundamentally different. I used the function-based view, but I don;t think it will be a problem.

#serializers.py

class PersonSerializer(serializers.Serializer):

name = serializers.CharField(required=True)

picture = serializers.ImageField(required=False)

audio = serializers.FileField(required=False)

#views.py

@api_view(['GET', 'POST'])

def person_list(request):

if request.method=='GET':

persons = Person.objects.all()

print persons

serializer = PersonSerializer(persons, many=True)

return Response(serializer.data)

#urls.py

url(r'^api/persons/$', 'people_app.views.person_list'),

I tried a Class-based view approach but I still don't see the picker :(

[Patrick Tchankue]

Hi Joseph,

I refactors my code using viewsets and I can see the picker now. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge with me.

Regards,

Patrick

On Friday, April 24, 2015 at 5:48:13 PM UTC+2, Patrick Tchankue wrote:

[Joseph Wayodi]

It's good to hear that you got it working.

You're most welcome.