Finally figured out how to add files to database and save them off.

Author: JustAnotherSoftwareDeveloper

.gitignore

@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 .vscode
 *.pycache
 *.pyc 
+*.pdf

lib/app/FileDelegate.py

@@ -1,22 +1,27 @@
 from app.recipe import Recipe
 import hashlib
 import os
+import shutil
 
-UPLOAD_FOLDER = os.getcwd() + "pdfs/"
+UPLOAD_FOLDER = os.getcwd() + "/pdfs/"
 
 class FileDelegate:
 
 
     def addNew(self,properties,file):
         print("Adding New")
+        ingredients=properties['ingredients'].split(',')
+        tags=properties['tags'].split(',')
         hasher = hashlib.md5()
         buf=file.read()
         hasher.update(buf)
         new_name=hasher.hexdigest()+".pdf"
-        print("Saving File")
-        file.save(os.path.join(UPLOAD_FOLDER,new_name))
+        print("Saving File to "+os.path.join(UPLOAD_FOLDER,new_name))
+        with open(os.path.join(UPLOAD_FOLDER,new_name),'wb') as f:
+            f.write(buf)
+            f.close()
         print("File Saved")
-        recipe=Recipe(title=properties["title"],filename=new_name,tags=properties["tags"],ingredients=properties["ingredients"])
+        recipe=Recipe(title=properties["title"],filename=new_name,tags=tags,ingredients=ingredients)
         print("Saving to DB")
         recipe.save()
         return recipe.toJson()

lib/app/recipe.py

@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ class Recipe(db.Document):
     tags=db.ListField(db.StringField())
 
     def toJson(self):
-        json.dumps(self.__dict__)
+        json={}
+        json['title']=self.title
+        json['filename']=self.filename
+        json['ingredients']=self.ingredients
+        json['tags']=self.tags
+        return json