request.FILES is always empty - django

Question

When I try to post a Django form containing a file field, the file field is being passed as part of the request.POST rather than request.FILES (which is empty). This throws a MultiValueDictKeyError on submitting the form.
Form html
<form class="form-horizontal" action="{% url 'drinkConf' %}" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" >
{% csrf_token %}
<!-- Text input-->
<label class="col-md-4 control-label" for="date">Date</label>
<div class="col-md-4">
<input id="date" name="date" type="text" placeholder="" class="form-control input-md" required="">
</div>
<!-- Textarea -->
<label class="col-md-4 control-label" for="notes">Notes</label>
<div class="col-md-4">
<textarea class="form-control" id="notes" name="notes"></textarea>
</div>
<!-- Multiple Radios (inline) -->
<label class="col-md-4 control-label" for="rating">Rating</label>
<div class="col-md-4">
<label class="radio-inline" for="rating-0">
<input type="radio" name="rating" id="rating-0" value=1 checked="checked">
1
</label>
<label class="radio-inline" for="rating-1">
<input type="radio" name="rating" id="rating-1" value=2>
2
</label>
<label class="radio-inline" for="rating-2">
<input type="radio" name="rating" id="rating-2" value=3>
3
</label>
<label class="radio-inline" for="rating-3">
<input type="radio" name="rating" id="rating-3" value=4>
4
</label>
<label class="radio-inline" for="rating-4">
<input type="radio" name="rating" id="rating-4" value=5>
5
</label>
</div>
<label class="form-label" for="image">Upload an image</label>
<input type="file" class="form-control" id="image" name="image" />
<!-- Button (Double) -->
<label class="col-md-4 control-label" for="Submit"></label>
<div class="col-md-8">
<input class="btn btn-success" type="submit" value="Submit" />
<button id="Cancel" name="Cancel" class="btn btn-inverse">Cancel</button>
</div>
</div>
</form>
My view
#login_required
def DrinkBeerConfirm(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
if request.POST['date']:
cellar_id = request.session['cellar'] #Get cellar record ID
cellarEntry = Cellar.objects.get(pk=cellar_id)
journal = Journal() #make journal entry
journal.user = request.user
journal.beer = cellarEntry.beer
journal.date = request.POST['date']
journal.notes = request.POST['notes']
journal.rating = request.POST['rating']
journal.image = request.FILES['image']
journal.servingType = request.POST['servingType']
beer = beer.objects.get(id = cellarEntry.beer) #update beer ratings
currentRating = beer.rating * beer.numRatings
beer.numRatings = beer.numRatings + 1
beer.rating = currentRating / beer.numRatings
""" if cellarEntry.container == 'KG': #update stock quantity for keg
cellarEntry.vol = cellarEntry.vol - serving_qty
if cellarEntry.vol <= 0:
cellarEntry.delete()
else:
cellarEntry.save()
#display a toast here and delete entry
else:
cellarEntry.qty = cellarEntry.qty - 1 """
if cellarEntry.qty <= 0:
cellarEntry.delete()
else:
cellarEntry.save()
journal.save() #Save journal, beer and cellar records
beer.save()
As far as I can tell, this is all correct: I have enctype="multipart/form-data" set for the form, and the form fields for the file and submit look OK. I feel like I'm missing something obvious...

Answer 1

I guess you incorrect close tag , it affects to POST request.
Check that.