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Enforce unique upload file names in Django
def unique_filename(path):
"""
Enforce unique upload file names.
Usage:
class MyModel(models.Model):
file = ImageField(upload_to=unique_filename("path/to/upload/dir"))
"""
import os, base64, datetime
def _func(instance, filename):
name, ext = os.path.splitext(filename)
name = base64.urlsafe_b64encode(name.encode("utf-8") + str(datetime.datetime.now()))
return os.path.join(path, name + ext)
return _func
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bazluu commented Sep 27, 2022

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Very helpful, thank you.

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