Django 1.7 - ImageField, my image is not being uploaded to MEDIA_URL

Question

So I have spent a number of hours trying to figure this out and there's tonnes of examples on the topic but none have them have been able to solve my problem so I'm creating another question. Basically I have a form with an ImageField and when I try and when I post with the form no image is uploaded to MEDIA_URL.

So in the models.py I keep a default because an image is not required to make a posting but when I try and create a posting with an image no image is uploaded. When I display the image on a template it reverts to the default. Am I missing something to make the image upload to MEDIA_URL? My code is below...

Models.py

class Posting(models.Model):
    textbook = models.ForeignKey(Textbook)
    condition = models.CharField(max_length = 200)
    price = models.DecimalField(max_digits=5, decimal_places=2)
    user = models.ForeignKey(User)
    image = models.ImageField(upload_to='postingpics/', default="../../static/textchange/nophoto.jpg")
    post_date = models.DateTimeField('date_posted')

    def __str__(self):
        return str(self.textbook)

    def was_posted_recently(self):
        return self.post_date >= timezone.now() - datetime.timedelta(days=1)
    was_posted_recently.admin_order_field = 'post_date'
    was_posted_recently.boolean = True
    was_posted_recently.short_description = 'Posted recently'

Forms.py

class PostCreate(forms.Form):
    CHOICES = (('New', 'New'), ('Like New', 'Like New'), ('Used', 'Used'), ('Usable', 'Usable'))
    price = forms.DecimalField()
    condition = forms.ChoiceField(choices = CHOICES)
    image = forms.ImageField(required=False)

Settings.py

MEDIA_ROOT = '/home/joe/documents/exchange/Texchange/media/'

MEDIA_URL = '/media/'

Views.py

@login_required
def addposting(request, uisbn):
    form = PostCreate(request.POST or None)

    # Get textbook with isbn equal to usibn
    ltextbook = Textbook.objects.filter(isbn = uisbn)
    text = ltextbook[0]
    curuser = request.user

    if form.is_valid() and request.POST:
        condition = request.POST.get('condition')
        price = request.POST.get('price')
        image = request.POST.get('image')
        if image:
            if (not (Posting.objects.filter(Q(user = curuser) & Q(textbook = text)))):
                new = Posting(textbook = text, user = curuser, post_date = datetime.now(), condition=condition, price=price, image = image)
                new.save()
                return HttpResponseRedirect('/results/' + uisbn)
        else:
            if (not (Posting.objects.filter(Q(user = curuser) & Q(textbook = text)))):
                new = Posting(textbook = text, user = curuser, post_date = datetime.now(), condition=condition, price=price)
                new.save()
                return HttpResponseRedirect('/results/' + uisbn)

    return render_to_response(
        'textchange/addposting.html',
        locals(),
        context_instance=RequestContext(request)
        )

addposting.html - the form

<form action="{% url 'textchange:addposting' uisbn=text.isbn %}" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data"> {% csrf_token %}
   {{ form.as_p }}
   <input type="submit" value="Add a Posting"></input>
</form>

Template for viewing image

{% block content %}
    <img src="{{ posting.image.url }}">
{% endblock %}

An additional question I have that I don't understand is when I go to production with this app. where are peoples pictures going to be uploaded?

Thanks.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 17 '15 at 20:04

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You're not passing in the request.FILES argument to the form.

You need to do:

form = PostCreate(request.POST or None, request.FILES or None)

See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/topics/http/file-uploads/ for more information

Files will be uploaded to the directory specified by MEDIA_ROOT

answered Sep 17 '15 at 20:04

Brandon Taylor

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Yeah I have tried that now. Now on the template I see the missing image icon...So I imagine the url to my image is wrong? – Programmingjoe Sep 17 '15 at 20:06
Most likely. You'll need to access those URLs via: `posting.image.url` – Brandon Taylor Sep 17 '15 at 20:08
Django won't automatically serve images outside of your `STATIC_ROOT` by default when you're using the `staticfiles` app. What I do to make local development easier set my `MEDIA_ROOT` to be a directory inside of `STATIC_ROOT`. This way it will be automatically served by the staticfiles app. – Brandon Taylor Sep 17 '15 at 20:11
Changing the `STATIC/MEDIA_ROOT` settings is easily done via a `local_settings.py` file that you don't keep in source control. – Brandon Taylor Sep 17 '15 at 20:12
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/89960/discussion-between-brandon-and-joe). – Brandon Taylor Sep 17 '15 at 20:12

Django 1.7 - ImageField, my image is not being uploaded to MEDIA_URL

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