How to show download link for attached file in FileField in Django Admin?

Question

I have FileField in my django model:

file = models.FileField(upload_to=FOLDER_FILES_PATH)

In Django admin section for changing this model I

Answer 1

If you have a model "Case" for example, you could add a method to your class which "creates" the link to the uploaded file :

class Case(models.Model)
    ...
    file = models.FileField(upload_to=FOLDER_FILES_PATH)
    ...

    def file_link(self):
        if self.file:
            return "download" % (self.file.url,)
        else:
            return "No attachment"

    file_link.allow_tags = True

then, in your admin.py

list_display = [..., file_link, ...]