A basic Flask web server for uploading files

file-upload-flask-server.py

import os
import datetime
from werkzeug.utils import secure_filename
from flask import Flask, request, jsonify

app = Flask(__name__)
app.config['UPLOAD_DIR'] = 'uploads'

@app.route('/', methods=['POST'])
def upload_file():
    # Loop through each file in the request and save to disk with 
    #  the name and timestamp of extraction
    for parameter, f in request.files.items():
        currentTimeStamp = datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%d-%b-%Y-%H-%M-%S')
        
        # Create the filename by concatenating the currentTimeStame and POSTed filename
        fileName = secure_filename(f"{currentTimeStamp}.{f.filename}")

        # Create the upload path by concatenating the 
        #  specified upload directory and the Remote Address
        fileDir = os.path.join(app.config['UPLOAD_DIR'], request.remote_addr)

        # Create the fileDir directory if it doesn't exist
        if not os.path.exists(fileDir):
            os.makedirs(fileDir)
        
        # Save the file to the fileDir
        f.save(os.path.join(fileDir, fileName))
    
    return jsonify({"status": "success"})

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # Run the server in Debug mode on socket 0.0.0.0:80
    app.run('0.0.0.0', port=80, debug=True)