How to browse local files from Django and store the file information

I'm new to Django and want to give a user the ability to browse through their local files and "upload" them. However I do not actually want to store their files on my database, I only want to get the filename, path, memory etc of the file the user has selected. I have read through Need a minimal Django file upload example, and many more sites, but everything talks about uploading a file. Any advice would be appreciated!

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