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34143	Multiple file upload docs	Guillaume LEBRETON	Guillaume LEBRETON	"In the docs, https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/file-uploads/#uploading-multiple-files
there is this code snippet: 

{{{
def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        form_class = self.get_form_class()
        form = self.get_form(form_class)
        files = request.FILES.getlist('file_field')
        if form.is_valid():
            for f in files:
                ...  # Do something with each file.
            return self.form_valid(form)
        else:
            return self.form_invalid(form)
}}}
I think it's a bit confusing to use form validation and then get the file list directly from the request. 
I found that replacing {{{ files = request.FILES.getlist('file_field') }}} by {{{ files = form.files.getlist('file_field') }}} seems to be more consistent with the usual django form approach.

The best approach would be to access {{{ file_field }}} from cleaned_data but it's not really possible with multple files for now.

PR link: https://github.com/django/django/pull/16265"	Uncategorized	closed	Documentation	4.1	Normal	invalid			Unreviewed	1	0	0	0	0	0