how to pass initial value of FileField to Formset (in Django)

Question

I am trying to populate a Django formset using data from a POST/FILE request. I am able to populate all the fields except the FileField. It seems that initial c

Answer 1

You can not pass any initial values when you are working with file uploads.

Answer 2

You can not pass initial data to a file field. The <input type="file" /> will always be blank when the browser renders it.

To pass request.FILES to a formset, just specify it as the second argument after POST.

http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/forms/formsets/#using-a-formset-in-views-and-templates

FormSet(request.POST, request.FILES)