Only accept a certain file type in FileField, server-side

Question

How can I restrict FileField to only accept a certain type of file (video, audio, pdf, etc.) in an elegant way, server-side?

Answer 1

Additionally i Will extend this class with some extra behaviour.

class ContentTypeRestrictedFileField(forms.FileField):
    ...
    widget = None
    ...
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        ...
        self.widget = forms.ClearableFileInput(attrs={'accept':kwargs.pop('accept', None)})
        super(ContentTypeRestrictedFileField, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)

When we create instance with param accept=".pdf,.txt", in popup with file structure as a default we will see files with passed extension.