Django django.core.files.File(file-like object) returns File('None')

Question

I have a io.BytesIO object that I want to convert to a valid Django File object. My code is simple:

ret_file = File(file_object)

(Pdb) ret_file
<File: None>
(Pdb) file_object
<_io.BytesIO object at 0x7ab3fa1d51d0>

I evaluate it as follows and it goes for the else path, like it is not a valid File object:

if file_object:
    #do_stuff()
else:
    #log_error()

Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance

Answer 1

Indeed it IS a valid File object. The only thing is that the name is None.

So assigning a name to the File object, it stops being evaluated as False

(Pdb) 'yes' if file_object else 'no'
'no'

file_object.name = 'my name'

(Pdb) 'yes' if file_object else 'no'
'yes'

And that's it