Django Rest Framework: Upload file via AJAX

Question

I have a view and serializer:

class UserView(generics.RetrieveUpdateAPIView):
    model = get_user_model()
    serializer_class = UserProfileSerializer
    p         


        

Answer 1

Ok, I can't exactly explain why, but it seems like var formData = new FormData($(this)); is not enough alone, it needs to be explicitly appended, because reasons? If anyone can explain, please do.

The working code: