Clear a FileField using PATCH

[Rober Morales-Chaparro]

Hi all,

I just realized that Django Admin allows clear a FileField sending a '<fieldname>-clear' parameter to 'on'. I am trying to reproduce this feature, or something equivalent, using DRF.

I read that using an empty string in the param '<fieldname>' can do the job, but I did not get to clear the field using a PATCH request. I cannot use PUT, since there are lots of fields and I do not know exactly the value for everything, so I cannot do a PUT that overwrite that unknown values.

Which is the canonical way of clear a FileField using a partial update in DRF?

Thanks,

[Juan Antonio Alvarez]

On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 5:49 PM, Rober Morales-Chaparro <rober....@gmail.com> wrote:

Which is the canonical way of clear a FileField using a partial update in DRF?

Don't know if canonical, but sending {"fieldname": null} should do the trick.

Juan

[ro...@ontropos.com]

Thanks!!!