Fixed #13040 -- Added info on where to import File class from to File reference docs, and improved Sphinx formatting. Thanks to stherrien for the report.

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@ -3,18 +3,20 @@ The ``File`` object
.. currentmodule:: django.core.files
.. class:: File(file_object)
``File`` attributes and methods
-------------------------------
Django's ``File`` has the following attributes and methods:
The :mod:`django.core.files` module contains a built-in class for basic file
handling in Django. The :class:`File` class has the following attributes and
methods:
.. attribute:: File.name
.. class:: File(file_object)
.. attribute:: name
The name of file including the relative path from :setting:`MEDIA_ROOT`.
.. attribute:: File.path
.. attribute:: path
The absolute path to the file's location on a local filesystem.
@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ Django's ``File`` has the following attributes and methods:
files locally; files stored on these systems will have a ``path`` of
``None``.
.. attribute:: File.url
.. attribute:: url
The URL where the file can be retrieved. This is often useful in
:doc:`templates </topics/templates>`; for example, a bit of a template for
@ -32,11 +34,11 @@ Django's ``File`` has the following attributes and methods:
<img src='{{ car.photo.url }}' alt='{{ car.name }}' />
.. attribute:: File.size
.. attribute:: size
The size of the file in bytes.
.. method:: File.open(mode=None)
.. method:: open([mode=None])
Open or reopen the file (which by definition also does ``File.seek(0)``).
The ``mode`` argument allows the same values as Python's standard
@ -45,16 +47,16 @@ Django's ``File`` has the following attributes and methods:
When reopening a file, ``mode`` will override whatever mode the file was
originally opened with; ``None`` means to reopen with the original mode.
.. method:: File.read(num_bytes=None)
.. method:: read([num_bytes=None])
Read content from the file. The optional ``size`` is the number of bytes to
read; if not specified, the file will be read to the end.
.. method:: File.__iter__()
.. method:: __iter__()
Iterate over the file yielding one line at a time.
.. method:: File.chunks(chunk_size=None)
.. method:: chunks([chunk_size=None])
Iterate over the file yielding "chunks" of a given size. ``chunk_size``
defaults to 64 KB.
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This is especially useful with very large files since it allows them to be
streamed off disk and avoids storing the whole file in memory.
.. method:: File.multiple_chunks(chunk_size=None)
.. method:: multiple_chunks([chunk_size=None])
Returns ``True`` if the file is large enough to require multiple chunks to
access all of its content give some ``chunk_size``.
.. method:: File.write(content)
.. method:: write([content])
Writes the specified content string to the file. Depending on the storage
system behind the scenes, this content might not be fully committed until
``close()`` is called on the file.
.. method:: File.close()
.. method:: close()
Close the file.
.. currentmodule:: django.core.files.images
Additional ``ImageField`` attributes
------------------------------------
.. attribute:: File.width
.. class:: ImageFile(file_object)
.. attribute:: width
Width of the image.
.. attribute:: File.height
.. attribute:: height
Height of the image.
.. currentmodule:: django.core.files
Additional methods on files attached to objects
-----------------------------------------------
.. highlight:: pycon
Any :class:`File` that's associated with an object (as with ``Car.photo``,
above) will also have a couple of extra methods:
.. method:: File.save(name, content, save=True)
.. method:: File.save(name, content, [save=True])
Saves a new file with the file name and contents provided. This will not
replace the existing file, but will create a new file and update the object
@ -113,7 +119,7 @@ above) will also have a couple of extra methods:
Note that the ``content`` argument must be an instance of
:class:`File` or of a subclass of :class:`File`.
.. method:: File.delete(save=True)
.. method:: File.delete([save=True])
Remove the file from the model instance and delete the underlying file. The
``save`` argument works as above.