File does not upload from web form in Django - django

Question

Howdy - I've written a very simple app to accept job applications including a resume upload.
Running the bundled server for development locally, I can successfully upload files via the web form on the front end and the admin interface. Running it on the remote server (Apache with mod_python) I can successfully upload files via the admin interface but attempts over the web front end yield no uploaded file.
I've added FILE_UPLOAD_PERMISSIONS = 0644 to settings, checked the two settings files, and looked for similar problems described elsewhere. Figure I'm either forgetting a setting or need to go about this a different way. Any suggestions?
For reference, code included.
The model:
class Application(models.Model):
job = models.ForeignKey('JobOpening')
name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
email = models.EmailField()
date_applied = models.DateField()
cover_letter = models.TextField()
resume = models.FileField(upload_to='job_applications', blank=True)
def __str__(self):
return self.name
def save(self):
if not self.date_applied:
self.date_applied = datetime.today
super(Application, self).save()
The form:
class JobApplicationForm(ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Application
def save(self, commit=True, fail_silently=False):
super(JobApplicationForm, self).save(commit)
The view:
def job_application(request):
ajax = request.GET.has_key('ajax')
if request.method == 'POST':
form = JobApplicationForm(request.POST, request.FILES)
if form.is_valid():
new_application = form.save()
return HttpResponseRedirect('/about/employment/apply/sent/')
elif request.GET.has_key('job'):
job = request.GET['job']
form = JobApplicationForm({'job': job})
else:
return HttpResponseRedirect('/about/')
t = loader.get_template('employment/job_application.html')
c = Context({
'form': form,
})
return HttpResponse(t.render(c))

Answer 1

You don't show the template. If I had to guess, seeing as the upload works via the admin interface, I'd say you've forgotten to put the enctype in your form tag:
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" action="/foo/">

Answer 2

First, Have you made sure your template has the enctype="multipart/form-data" flag in it?
<form action="." method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
...
</form>
First, there's no need to override save() in your ModelForm since you're not doing any extra work in it.
Second, there's no need to store the new_application variable, simply call form.save().
Third, you should be using a slug field in your JobOpening model and passing that in the querystring. Remember, this isn't PHP, use pretty urls like /jobs/opening/my-cool-job-opening/, that's what slugs are for; unique human readable urls. Your GET code in your view is very fragile as it stands.
Finally, you may want to use the render_to_response shortcut function as it will save you having to verbosely call template loaders, create context and render them manually.