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Julio Cesar
Asked: 2020-08-05 20:04:03 +0800 CST 2020-08-05 20:04:03 +0800 CST

Storing videos in Django

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I have the doubt of which is the correct way to save videos or upload them, in Django.

The fieldone that could work, I think, would be a FileField, but is this a good option or alternative?

I also saw a proposal out there to have a field FilePathField, having the video paths there and thus accessing them when necessary, but I'm not very convinced.

Any suggestion helps my learning. Thanks in advance for your answers!

python

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    What you need is a type field FileField, since it FilePathFieldis like a CharFieldbut with some extra methods to find files in a "fuzzy" way.
    What you have to do is declare a type field in your model FileFieldand in the parameter upload_toput the path relative to the folder to which you want your files to be uploaded.
    Remember to have your file well configured settings.pywith the variables MEDIA_ROOTand MEDIA_URLsince the files will be uploaded to the MEDIA_ROOT/relative_path folder that you placed in your model.
    More info here FileField .

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