[Fixed]-Django output writing to a text file as temporary storage (over-written with each submission)

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It looks like you are using a form to POST this data, but only writing to the file if the request is a GET. Try changing it to a POST. Also, since request.POST.get('genome') should return a string for you to write to the file there is no need to wrap it in a ContentFile. Try this:

if request.method == 'POST':
    getgen = request.POST.get('genome')
    with open(os.path.join(settings.MEDIA_ROOT, 'file.txt'), 'w') as f:
        f.write(getgen)

I also changed your file handling to use a context manager.

👤grantmcconnaughey

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