[Fixed]-Django – how to get file input without using django form and attach the file to email

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Your code should look something like this:

def foo(request):
#need to check that form was submitted
if request.method == "POST":
    #this checks that a file exists
    if len(request.FILES) != 0:
        file1 = request.FILES['file1']
        file1str = file1.read()
        file_type = str(request.FILES['file1'].content_type)
        email_msg = EmailMessage(subject="email subject", body="email body",
        from_email="...", to=["..."])
        #need to try to attach the file, using the attach method
        try:
            email_msg.attach('file1', file1str, file_type)
        except Exception as e:
            print(str(e))
        email_msg.send()
return render(request, '/needs-confirmation.html', {})

You will need to fill in the emails again.
You’ve left out a lot of key steps, and your HTML needs a submit button and crsf_token. This works for text files, you may need to do some more processing for other file types.

Hope this helps.

👤Georgina S

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