Serve a dynamically generated image with Django

Question

How do I serve a dynamically generated image in Django?

I have an html tag

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Answer 1

I assume you're using PIL (Python Imaging Library). You need to replace your last line with (for example, if you want to serve a PNG image):

response = HttpResponse(mimetype="image/png")
img.save(response, "PNG")
return response

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