Change upload path (UPLOAD_FOLDER) during the runtime

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How to change the upload folder during the runtime? I'd like to be able to change the location where file will be uploaded to, but I don't know how.

I tried something like this, but I get KeyError:

@app.route('/upload', methods=['POST'])
def upload():
    file = request.files['file']
    path = 'uploads/text'
    if file and allowed_file(file.filename):
        filename = secure_filename(file.filename)
        UPLOAD_FOLDER = path
        file.save(os.path.join(app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'], filename))
        return redirect(url_for('uploaded_file',
                                filename=filename))

itzMEonTV · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-11 09:20:56Z

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You can try this

file.save(os.path.join(/path/to/save/, filename))

In yours

UPLOAD_FOLDER = path
file.save(os.path.join(UPLOAD_FOLDER, filename))

answered Apr 11, 2015 at 9:20

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user3448282 Over a year ago

Uh, it was easy :) Thank you!

JobHunter69 Over a year ago

what was the app.config for?

Lee Ran · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-13 02:49:52Z

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You can try the code below. It worked perfectly for me.

base_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
upload_path = os.path.join(base_path, app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'])
f.save(os.path.join(upload_path, secure_filename(f.filename)))

edited Mar 13, 2018 at 2:49

answered Mar 13, 2018 at 2:07

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