How to update / replace a file in a Django FileField()
I have a Django model that holds a file like so:
class Excel(models.Model):
the_generated_file = models.FileField()
I know want to access this file with an updated version of the file. If this was a int, foat or Json field etc I could use something like:
File_to_update = Excel.objects.all()
File_to_update.update(the_generated_file = my_new_excel_previously_defined)
But for some reason as it is of type FiledField()
there is no update operation.
How can I replace the old file with a new file?
Okay, you should try
file_to_update = Excel.objects.all()[0]
file_to_update.the_generated_file = 'foo'
file_to_update.save()