I am relatively new to web development and very new to using Web2py. The application I am currently working on is intended to take in a CSV upload from a user, then generate a PDF file based on the contents of the CSV, then allow the user to download that PDF. As part of this process I need to generate and access several intermediate files that are specific to each individual user (these files would be images, other pdfs, and some text files). I don't need to store these files in a database since they can be deleted after the session ends, but I am not sure the best way or place to store these files and keep them separate based on each session. I thought that maybe the subfolders in the sessions folder would make sense, but I do not know how to dynamically get the path to the correct folder for the current session. Any suggestions pointing me in the right direction are appreciated!
Using temporary files and folders in Web2py app
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I was having this error "TypeError: expected string or Unicode object, NoneType found" and I had to store just a link in the session to the uploaded document in the db or maybe the upload folder in your case. I would store it to upload to proceed normally, and then clear out the values and the file if not 'approved'?