How to Share Files Through Django Channels, now there are incomplete solutions like from S3 buckets and all

Question

I'm developing a chat application in Django and I want to share files through django channels. I just found some solutions that are based on this topic, but all are incomplete. So please help me for figure it out. Now I'm sending messages like the below mentioned code..

document.querySelector('#chat-message-submit').onclick = function(e) {
          let msg = $('#chat-message-input').val()

            var messageInputDom = document.querySelector('#chat-message-input');
            var message = messageInputDom.value;
            chatSocket.send(JSON.stringify({
              'command':'new_message',
              'message': message,
              'from': username,
              
            }));
            

            messageInputDom.value = '';
          }

Did you ever complete your Django chat app? – Aiden Jul 06 '22 at 20:45 — Aiden, Jul 06 '22 at 20:45

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 03 '21 at 05:04

just convert that file to base64 and send that as json along with it's type, then only you can retrieve it properly from database.

        const reader = new FileReader();
        reader.readAsDataURL(blob)
        reader.onload = (e) => {
          base64_data = e.target.result;
            base64_value(base64_data)
        }
    chatSocket.send(JSON.stringify({
               'command':'new_message',
              'message': base64_data,
              'from': username,
              'msg_type':type
          
        }));

Be aware though that base64 increases the size of data; possibly by more than 30% — ImportError, Mar 16 '22 at 00:40

How to Share Files Through Django Channels, now there are incomplete solutions like from S3 buckets and all

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