Django File Storage Default Storage System Explained

from  import models
from  import FileSystemStorage 
fs = FileSystemStorage(location='/media/photos') 
class Car():
  ...
  photo = (storage=fs)

>>> from  import default_storage
>>> from  import ContentFile
 
>>> path = default_storage.save('/path/to/file', ContentFile('new content'))
>>> path
'/path/to/file'
 
>>> default_storage.size(path)
11
>>> default_storage.open(path).read()
'new content'
 
>>> default_storage.delete(path)
>>> default_storage.exists(path)
False

def _save(self, name, content):
  full_path = (name)
 
  # Create any intermediate directories that do not exist.
  # Note that there is a race between  and :
  # if  fails with EEXIST, the directory was created
  # concurrently, and we can continue normally. Refs #16082.
  directory = (full_path)
  if not (directory):
    try:
      if self.directory_permissions_mode is not None:
        #  applies the global umask, so we reset it,
        # for consistency with file_permissions_mode behavior.
        old_umask = (0)
        try:
          (directory, self.directory_permissions_mode)
        finally:
          (old_umask)
      else:
        (directory)
    except OSError as e:
      if  != :
        raise
  if not (directory):
    raise IOError("%s exists and is not a directory." % directory)
 
  # There's a potential race condition between get_available_name and
  # saving the file; it's possible that two threads might return the
  # same name, at which point all sorts of fun happens. So we need to
  # try to create the file, but if it already exists we have to go back
  # to get_available_name() and try again.
 
  while True:
    try:
      # This file has a file path that we can move.
      if hasattr(content, 'temporary_file_path'):
        file_move_safe(content.temporary_file_path(), full_path)
 
      # This is a normal uploadedfile that we can stream.
      else:
        # This fun binary flag incantation makes  throw an
        # OSError if the file already exists before we open it.
        flags = (os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL |
             getattr(os, 'O_BINARY', 0))
        # The current umask value is masked out by !
        fd = (full_path, flags, 0o666)
        _file = None
        try:
          (fd, locks.LOCK_EX)
          for chunk in ():
            if _file is None:
              mode = 'wb' if isinstance(chunk, bytes) else 'wt'
              _file = (fd, mode)
            _file.write(chunk)
        finally:
          (fd)
          if _file is not None:
            _file.close()
          else:
            (fd)
    except OSError as e:
      if  == :
        # Ooops, the file exists. We need a new file name.
        name = self.get_available_name(name)
        full_path = (name)
      else:
        raise
    else:
      # OK, the file save worked. Break out of the loop.
      break
 
  if self.file_permissions_mode is not None:
    (full_path, self.file_permissions_mode)
 
  # Store filenames with forward slashes, even on Windows.
  return force_text(('\\', '/'))