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Writing a custom storage system
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.. currentmodule:: django.core.files.storage
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If you need to provide custom file storage -- a common example is storing files
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on some remote system -- you can do so by defining a custom storage class.
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You'll need to follow these steps:
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#. Your custom storage system must be a subclass of
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``django.core.files.storage.Storage``::
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from django.core.files.storage import Storage
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class MyStorage(Storage):
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...
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#. Django must be able to instantiate your storage system without any arguments.
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This means that any settings should be taken from ``django.conf.settings``::
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from django.conf import settings
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from django.core.files.storage import Storage
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class MyStorage(Storage):
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def __init__(self, option=None):
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if not option:
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option = settings.CUSTOM_STORAGE_OPTIONS
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...
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#. Your storage class must implement the :meth:`_open()` and :meth:`_save()`
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methods, along with any other methods appropriate to your storage class. See
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below for more on these methods.
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In addition, if your class provides local file storage, it must override
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the ``path()`` method.
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#. Your storage class must be :ref:`deconstructible <custom-deconstruct-method>`
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so it can be serialized when it's used on a field in a migration. As long
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as your field has arguments that are themselves
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:ref:`serializable <migration-serializing>`, you can use the
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``django.utils.deconstruct.deconstructible`` class decorator for this
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(that's what Django uses on FileSystemStorage).
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By default, the following methods raise `NotImplementedError` and will
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typically have to be overridden:
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* :meth:`Storage.delete`
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* :meth:`Storage.exists`
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* :meth:`Storage.listdir`
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* :meth:`Storage.size`
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* :meth:`Storage.url`
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Note however that not all these methods are required and may be deliberately
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omitted. As it happens, it is possible to leave each method unimplemented and
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still have a working Storage.
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By way of example, if listing the contents of certain storage backends turns
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out to be expensive, you might decide not to implement `Storage.listdir`.
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Another example would be a backend that only handles writing to files. In this
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case, you would not need to implement any of the above methods.
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Ultimately, which of these methods are implemented is up to you. Leaving some
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methods unimplemented will result in a partial (possibly broken) interface.
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You'll also usually want to use hooks specifically designed for custom storage
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objects. These are:
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.. method:: _open(name, mode='rb')
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**Required**.
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Called by ``Storage.open()``, this is the actual mechanism the storage class
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uses to open the file. This must return a ``File`` object, though in most cases,
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you'll want to return some subclass here that implements logic specific to the
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backend storage system.
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.. method:: _save(name, content)
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Called by ``Storage.save()``. The ``name`` will already have gone through
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``get_valid_name()`` and ``get_available_name()``, and the ``content`` will be a
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``File`` object itself.
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Should return the actual name of name of the file saved (usually the ``name``
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passed in, but if the storage needs to change the file name return the new name
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instead).
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.. method:: get_valid_name(name)
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Returns a filename suitable for use with the underlying storage system. The
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``name`` argument passed to this method is the original filename sent to the
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server, after having any path information removed. Override this to customize
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how non-standard characters are converted to safe filenames.
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The code provided on ``Storage`` retains only alpha-numeric characters, periods
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and underscores from the original filename, removing everything else.
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.. method:: get_available_name(name)
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Returns a filename that is available in the storage mechanism, possibly taking
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the provided filename into account. The ``name`` argument passed to this method
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will have already cleaned to a filename valid for the storage system, according
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to the ``get_valid_name()`` method described above.
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.. versionchanged:: 1.7
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If a file with ``name`` already exists, an underscore plus a random 7
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character alphanumeric string is appended to the filename before the
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extension.
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Previously, an underscore followed by a number (e.g. ``"_1"``, ``"_2"``,
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etc.) was appended to the filename until an available name in the destination
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directory was found. A malicious user could exploit this deterministic
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algorithm to create a denial-of-service attack. This change was also made
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in Django 1.6.6, 1.5.9, and 1.4.14.
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