Metadata-Version: 1.0
Name: django-user-media
Version: 0.2
Summary: A reusable app to graceously handle files that your users might upload, such
as profile pictures, foto albums etc...

Home-page: https://github.com/bitmazk/django-user-media
Author: Martin Brochhaus
Author-email: mbrochh@gmail.com
License: The MIT License
Description: Django User Media
        =================
        
        Almost all modern web apps allow their users to upload content such as audio,
        video or images. This raises a number of issues if that content should not be
        visible to the whole world by default.
        
        If you have a UserProfile model and add an ImageField to it, you need to
        come up with a good idea on how to save those images. It is probably not a good
        idea to keep the original filenames as they might disturb your server's file
        system and open doors for hackers, who might try to brute-force against your
        ``/media/user_profiles/`` in the hope to steal some valuable files.
        
        Since it seems inevitable to implement a function for Django's FileField's
        ``upload_to`` attribute I thought that this might be a candidate for a reusable
        app.
        
        **This project is experimental**. We are using it on two completely different
        live projects and will hopefully come up with an implementation that is so
        generic that it can safely be used by anyone.
        
        Since we are dealing with files here and not only with a database, backwards
        incompatible changes might turn out to be a pain in the ass to deploy on your
        production sites. You have been warned.
        
        
        Prerequisites
        -------------
        
        You need at least the following packages in your virtualenv:
        
        * Django 1.4
        * South
        
        TODO: Test if this really is all we need
        
        
        Installation
        ------------
        
        To get the latest stable release from PyPi::
        
            $ pip install django-user-media
        
        To get the latest commit from GitHub::
        
            $ pip install -e git://github.com/bitmazk/django-user-media.git#egg=user_media
        
        Add the app to your ``INSTALLED_APPS``::
        
            INSTALLED_APPS = [
                ...
                'user_media',
            ]
        
        Hook the app into your main ``urls.py``::
        
            urlpatterns += patterns('',
                ...
                url(r'^umedia/', include('user_media.urls')),
            )
        
        Run the south migrations to create the app's database tables::
        
            $ ./manage.py migrate user_media
        
        
        Usage
        -----
        
        
        Add generic relation
        ++++++++++++++++++++
        
        Let's assume that you have a ``UserProfile`` model and you want to add an
        ``avatar`` field to that model.
        
        First you might want to add a ``GenericRelation`` to your ``UserProfile``
        model::
        
            from django.contrib.contenttypes import generic
        
            class UserProfile(models.Model):
                ...
                user = models.ForeignKey('auth.User')
        
                avatar = generic.GenericRelation(
                    'user_media.UserMediaImage',
                )
        
        
        Add property
        ++++++++++++
        
        Now you will be able to get all uploaded images that belong to a
        ``UserProfile`` by doing this::
        
            profile = UserProfile.objects.get(pk=1)
            images = profile.avatar.all()
        
        It makes sense to add a convenience method to your ``UserProfile`` model::
        
            class UserProfile(models.Model):
                ...
                @property
                def avatar(self):
                    try:
                        return self.avatar.all()[0]
                    except IndexError:
                        return None
        
        
        Add link to update form
        +++++++++++++++++++++++
        
        In your templates you can now provide a link to the image creation view like
        this (assuming that your ``UserProfile`` object is called ``object`` in the
        template's context)::
        
            {% load url from future %}
            <a href="{% url "user_media_image_create" content_type="userprofile" object_id=object.pk %}">Upload your picture</a>
        
        Note that ``userprofile`` is the model name that the ``ContentType`` of your
        ``UserProfile`` model would return. You can figure this out with ``./manage.py
        shell`` for example::
        
            $ ./manage.py shell
            In [1]: from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
            In [2]: from your_app.models import UserProfile
            In [3]: ContentType.objects.get_for_model(UserProfile).model
            Out [1]: u'userprofile'
        
        When visiting that link, the user will see an image upload form. You might
        want to override that template (``user_media/usermediaimage_form.html``).
        
        After uploading the image the view should redirect back to the absolute url
        of your ``UserProfile``. If you want to redirect to another URL, you can
        provide a ``next`` URL parameter via POST or GET::
        
                <a href="{% url "user_media_image_create" content_type="userprofile" object_id=object.pk %}?next=/foo/bar">Upload your picture</a>
        
        
        Display images
        ++++++++++++++
        
        Now you should have all building blocks that you need to add links or buttons
        to your templates that call the views of this application. On your
        ``UserProfile`` detail view you could display the avatar, if available::
        
            {% if object.avatar %}
                <img src="{{ MEDIA_URL }}{{ object.avatar.image }}" />
            {% endif %}
        
        
        Delete images
        +++++++++++++
        
        Or in your ``UserProfile`` update view you could display a link to upload a
        new image or to delete the existing image::
        
            {% if form.instance.get_avatar %}
                <p><img src="{{ MEDIA_URL }}{{ form.instance.avatar.image }}" /></p>
                <a href="{% url "user_media_image_delete" pk=form.instance.avatar.pk %}">Delete picture</a>
            {% else %}
                <a href="{% url "user_media_image_create" content_type="userprofile" object_id=form.instance.pk %}">Add profile picture</a>
            {% endif %}
        
        The delete link in this example will render the
        ``user_media/usermediaimage_confirm_delete.html`` template, which you might
        want to override in your project.
        
        
        Upload from your own model form
        +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
        
        Often you might not want to provide a dedicated form for uploading images but
        you might want to have an image field right on the model form of your content
        object. In this case you can inherit from `UserMediaImageFormMixin`::
        
            from django import forms
            from user_media.forms import UserMediaImageFormMixin
            from yourapp.models import UserProfile
        
            class UserProfileForm(UserMediaImageFormMixin, forms.ModelForm):
                image_label = _('Image')
                require_user_media_image = False
        
                # your form implementation
        
        The mixin will dynamically add a `forms.ImageField` with the name
        `user_media_image` to your form. You can control the label of that field by
        setting the `image_label` attribute on your form class. You can also make the
        field mandatory by setting the `require_user_media_image` attribute to `True`.
        
        
        Contribute
        ----------
        
        If you want to contribute to this project, please perform the following steps::
        
            # Fork this repository
            # Clone your fork
            $ mkvirtualenv -p python2.7 django-user-media
            $ pip install -r requirements.txt
        
            $ git co -b feature_branch master
            # Implement your feature and tests
            $ git add . && git commit
            $ git push -u origin feature_branch
            # Send us a pull request for your feature branch
        
        
        Testing
        -------
        
        If you want to contribute to this project you can run the tests without setting
        up a Django project. Just clone this repository and execute the
        ``runtests.py``::
        
            $ ./user_media/tests/runtests.py
        
        Sometimes a new feature needs new South migrations, in this case you should
        do the following::
        
            $ rm db.sqlite
            $ ./manage.py syncdb --migrate
            $ ./manage.py schemamigration user_media --auto
        
        
        Discuss
        -------
        
        If you have questions or issues, please open an issue on GitHub.
        
        If we don't react quickly, please don't hesitate to ping me on Twitter
        (`@mbrochh <https://twitter.com/mbrochh>`_)
        
Keywords: django,common,reusable,media,files,upload
Platform: OS Independent
