Get path from file_uploader()

snehankekre · July 15, 2022, 12:12pm

Hi @jonas-nothnagel

I would suggest giving a thumbs up to this feature request and commenting your support and use-case for the same:

github.com/streamlit/streamlit

Let file_uploader return path, instead of reading the file in

opened 12:15PM - 01 Jan 20 UTC

eliska-chalupova

enhancement st.file_uploader

Thanks for implementing the file_uploader widget, I was really looking forward f…or that. ### Problem My issue is that I expect large files (up to GBs), and thus reading them directly into memory is not acceptable for me. ### Solution **separate file_picker** One option would be to implement it as a separate widget (e.g. file_picker), which would just help to locate the file without uploading it. **optional upload** Other possibility that comes to my mind would be an option (e.g. upload=False), that would allow me to choose not to upload the file. String with absolute path would be returned instead. Also as mentioned in other issues, even if I could work with the file itself, I'd still need it's path, name, suffix etc. to work with. **URL** Maybe in the future, but it would be really nice if the widget could also accept an URL. Thanks in advance for considering the changes.

In the meantime, for server-side file selection, I would suggest something like this snippet Upload Files to Streamlit App - #3 by Adrien_Treuille

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Get path from file_uploader()

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