Django method to download and store files

Question

Is there a way to download files by an app's method and store in a folder like "/media/" (relative path in django app) that can be later accessed by staticfiles?

Answer 1

For storing your media files in a folder like /media, you can check this out since you are new to django.

Tango with Django Tutorial

This link is about setting the static and media files' directory. But if you feel like you don't understand them, Just start from the beginning.

For downloading a file, I can give you a small example.

import requests
def download_file(self,link):
    content = requests.get(link).content
    f = open('filename', 'wb')
    f.write(content)
    f.flush()
    f.close()

But if you don't know the basic concepts of Django, I'd recomment you to go with Tango with Django first.