Choose the filename of an uploaded file with Django

Question

I\'m uploading images (represented by a FileField) and I need to rename those files when they are uploaded.

I want them to be formated like that:

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Answer 1

You don't need to write your own FileStorage class or anything that complicated.

The 'upload_to' parameter on File/ImageFields can take a function that returns the path/file to use.

How to do this has already been answered here