How to save data to user models when using a resume parser in django

I am working on a website whereby users will be uploading resumes and a resume parser script will be run to get skills and save the skills to the profile of the user. I have managed to obtain the skills before saving the form but I cant save the extracted skills now. Anyone who can help with this issue will be highly appreciated. Here is my views file

def homepage(request):
    if request.method == 'POST':
        # Resume.objects.all().delete()
        file_form = UploadResumeModelForm(request.POST, request.FILES, instance=request.user.profile)
        files = request.FILES.getlist('resume')
        resumes_data = []
        if file_form.is_valid():
            for file in files:
                try:
                    # saving the file
                    # resume = Profile(resume=file)
                    resume = file_form.cleaned_data['resume']
                   
                    # resume.save()
                    # resume = profile_form.cleaned_data['resume']
                     # print(file.temporary_file_path())
                    
                    # extracting resume entities
                    # parser = ResumeParser(os.path.join(settings.MEDIA_ROOT, resume.resume.name))
                    parser = ResumeParser(file.temporary_file_path())
                    
                    # extracting resume entities
                    # parser = ResumeParser(os.path.join(settings.MEDIA_ROOT, resume.resume.name))
                    data = parser.get_extracted_data()
                    resumes_data.append(data)
                    resume.name               = data.get('name')
                    resume.email              = data.get('email')
                    resume.mobile_number      = data.get('mobile_number')
                    if data.get('degree') is not None:
                        resume.education      = ', '.join(data.get('degree'))
                    else:
                        resume.education      = None
                    resume.company_names      = data.get('company_names')
                    resume.college_name       = data.get('college_name')
                    resume.designation        = data.get('designation')
                    resume.total_experience   = data.get('total_experience')
                    if data.get('skills') is not None:
                        resume.skills         = ', '.join(data.get('skills'))
                    else:
                        resume.skills         = None
                    if data.get('experience') is not None:
                        resume.experience     = ', '.join(data.get('experience'))
                    else:
                        resume.experience     = None
                    # import pdb; pdb.set_trace()
                    resume.save()
                except IntegrityError:
                    messages.warning(request, 'Duplicate resume found:', file.name)
                    return redirect('homepage')
            resumes = Profile.objects.all()
            messages.success(request, 'Resumes uploaded!')
            context = {
                'resumes': resumes,
            }
            file_form.save()
            return render(request, 'authentication/resume.html', context)
    else:
        form = UploadResumeModelForm()
    return render(request, 'authentication/resume.html', {'form': form})

And here is my models:

# Extending User Model Using a One-To-One Link
class Profile(models.Model):
    user = models.OneToOneField(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    avatar = models.ImageField(default='default.jpg', upload_to='profile_images')
    bio = models.TextField()
    resume        = models.FileField('Upload Resumes', upload_to='resumes/', null=True, blank=True)
    name          = models.CharField('Name', max_length=255, null=True, blank=True)
    email         = models.CharField('Email', max_length=255, null=True, blank=True)
    mobile_number = models.CharField('Mobile Number',  max_length=255, null=True, blank=True)
    education     = models.CharField('Education', max_length=255, null=True, blank=True)
    skills        = models.CharField('Skills', max_length=1000, null=True, blank=True)
    company_name  = models.CharField('Company Name', max_length=1000, null=True, blank=True)
    college_name  = models.CharField('College Name', max_length=1000, null=True, blank=True)
    designation   = models.CharField('Designation', max_length=1000, null=True, blank=True)
    experience    = models.CharField('Experience', max_length=1000, null=True, blank=True)
    total_experience  = models.CharField('Total Experience (in Years)', max_length=1000, null=True, blank=True)
    

    def __str__(self):
        return self.user.username

I have tried following it step by step with the pdb but when it comes to saving I get an error

I think what you want to do is save the Profile rather than the resume file itself. Try changing the line resume = file_form.cleaned_data['resume'] to:

profile = Profile.objects.create()
profile.resume = file_form.cleaned_data['resume']

And the rest of your lines that reference resume. should be changed to profile. as well

You were assigning the file to the variable resume before - thus when you try resume.save() the temporary file object has no .save() method because it is not a Django model. Profile.save() is what you want in this case.

The cause of your error is when you cycle through the files submitted in your resume form, you are trying to save the resume field (remember, resume = file_form.cleaned_data['resume'] ). Presumably you want to be saving a Profile object

In all those lines where you add things to resume from your parsed resume file eg

 resume.name = data.get('name')

just replace them with

file_form.instance.name = data.get('name')

and then

file_form.save()

at the end.

Also, it seems like you don't need the user to be able to submit multiple resumes. You probably don't need to loop through each file in resumes either.

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