Processing file uploads before object is saved

Question

I\'ve got a model like this:

class Talk(BaseModel):
  title        = models.CharField(max_length=200)
  mp3          = models.FileField(upload_to = u\'talks/         


        

Answer 1

You could follow the technique used by ImageField where it validates the file header and then seeks back to the start of the file.

class ImageField(FileField):
    # ...    
    def to_python(self, data):
        f = super(ImageField, self).to_python(data)
        # ...
        # We need to get a file object for Pillow. We might have a path or we might
        # have to read the data into memory.
        if hasattr(data, 'temporary_file_path'):
            file = data.temporary_file_path()
        else:
            if hasattr(data, 'read'):
                file = BytesIO(data.read())
            else:
                file = BytesIO(data['content'])

        try:
            # ...
        except Exception:
            # Pillow doesn't recognize it as an image.
            six.reraise(ValidationError, ValidationError(
                self.error_messages['invalid_image'],
                code='invalid_image',
            ), sys.exc_info()[2])
        if hasattr(f, 'seek') and callable(f.seek):
            f.seek(0)
        return f