Django Rest Framework upload file to a method

Question

So i have been trying to upload a file to a method using DRF with no luck so far.

I was able to upload to a ModelViewSet using (FormParser, MultiP

Answer 1

Here is some code of what i did to overcome this problem. Although Kevin Brown answer probably works, i find my code a little "easier" approach:

    @detail_route(
        methods=['post', 'put', 'patch', 'get'], permission_classes=[AllowAny],
        authentication_classes=[NoAuthentication], serializer_class=MultimediaSerializer,
        parser_classes=(FormParser, MultiPartParser,)
    )
    def upload_avatar(self, request, pk=None):
        # Because we are using nested resources this was the only way i found to
        # upload a file. Maybe there is a better way
        if request.method in ['PATCH', 'POST']:
            avatar = request.FILES.get('avatar')
            if not avatar:
                return Response(status=404)

            try:
                woman = WomenNativePassport.objects.get(pk=pk)
            except WomenNativePassport.DoesNotExist:
                return Response(status=404)
            else:
                request.FILES['thumbnail'] = request.FILES['avatar']
                serializer = AvatarSerializer(
                    data=request.DATA, files=request.FILES
                )
                if serializer.is_valid():
                    woman.avatar.thumbnail.save(str(avatar), File(avatar))
                    return Response(status=204)
                else:
                    return Response(status=404)
        else:
            multimedia = Multimedia.objects.filter(user_profiles_avatares__pk=pk)
            page = self.paginate_queryset(multimedia)
            serializer = self.get_pagination_serializer(page)
            return Response(serializer.data)


# serializer 

class AvatarSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
    thumbnail = serializers.ImageField()