Django FileHub

Django FileHub is a powerful file management application for Django projects. It provides a complete solution for handling file uploads, storage, organization, and retrieval with an intuitive web-based interface.

Features

• 📁 File Management: Upload, organize, and manage files with an intuitive interface
• 🖼️ Image Gallery: Built-in image picker and gallery selector for forms
• 📂 File Categories: Automatic categorization based on file types (images, videos, documents, etc.)
• 🔍 Smart Sorting: Sort files by name, size, or date with ascending/descending options
• 🎨 Customizable Theme: Configure theme colors to match your project's design
• ☁️ Cloud Storage: Seamless integration with AWS S3 and other storage backends
• 🔒 Access Control: Built-in authentication and authorization
• 📝 TinyMCE Integration: Direct integration with TinyMCE editor
• 🎯 Custom Form Fields: Specialized form fields and widgets for file selection

Installation

Using pip

pip install django-filehub

Using uv

uv add django-filehub

Using Poetry

poetry add django-filehub

Using Pipenv

pipenv install django-filehub

Quick Start

1. Add to Installed Apps

Add filehub to your INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    # ... other apps
    'filehub',
    # ... other apps
]

2. Configure URLs

Important: Add FileHub URLs before the admin URLs in your project's urls.py:

from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path, include

urlpatterns = [
    # FileHub URLs must come before admin
    path('filehub/', include('filehub.urls')),

    # Admin URLs
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),

    # ... other URLs
]

3. Run Migrations

python manage.py migrate

4. Configure Media Files

Add the following to your settings.py:

MEDIA_URL = 'media/'
MEDIA_ROOT = BASE_DIR / 'media'

5. Serve Media Files in Development

Add this to your main urls.py for development:

from django.conf import settings
from django.conf.urls.static import static

if settings.DEBUG:
    urlpatterns += static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)

Configuration

Basic Settings

Login URL

Define the login URL for file access control:

FILEHUB_LOGIN_URL = '/accounts/login/'

Default: '/admin/'

This URL is used to redirect unauthorized users attempting to access restricted files.

Upload Directory

Specify the directory where files will be uploaded within MEDIA_ROOT:

FILEMANAGER_DIRECTORY = 'uploads'

Default: 'uploads'

Files will be stored in MEDIA_ROOT/uploads/.

Thumbnail Directory

Configure the directory for storing image thumbnails:

THUMB_DIRECTORY = 'thumbs'

Default: 'thumbs'

Thumbnails will be stored in MEDIA_ROOT/thumbs/.

File Type Categories

Organize files by type using file extensions:

FILE_TYPE_CATEGORIES = {
    'images': ['jpg', 'jpeg', 'png', 'gif', 'bmp', 'tiff', 'webp', 'svg', 'ico'],
    'videos': ['mp4', 'webm', 'ogg', 'avi', 'mkv', 'mov', 'wmv', '3gp', 'mpeg', 'mpg4'],
    'musics': ['mp3', 'wav', 'flac', 'aac', 'wma', 'm4a'],
    'archives': ['zip', 'rar', 'tar', 'gz'],
    'documents': ['pdf', 'doc', 'docx', 'xls', 'xlsx', 'ppt', 'pptx', 'txt', 'csv', 'odt', 'ods'],
}

You can customize these categories or add new ones based on your needs.

Sorting Configuration

Configure available sorting options:

FILES_SORTING = {
    "name": "Name",
    "size": "Size",
    "date": "Modified"
}

FILES_SORTING_ORDER = {
    "asc": "Ascending",
    "desc": "Descending"
}

Theme Customization

Customize the FileHub interface color:

FILEHUB_THEME_COLOR = '#009688'

Default: '#009688' (Teal)

Use any valid hex color code (e.g., '#3498db' for blue, '#e74c3c' for red).

User Interface Settings

Auto-Close Upload Modal

Automatically close the upload modal after successful file upload:

FILEHUB_AUTO_CLOSE_UPLOAD_MODAL = True

Default: False

When set to True, the upload modal will automatically close after files are successfully uploaded.

Custom Form Fields

Django FileHub provides specialized form fields for file selection in your models.

FilePickerField

Store a single file with metadata in JSON format:

from django.db import models
from filehub.fields import FilePickerField

class Document(models.Model):
    title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    file = FilePickerField(
        file_type=['images', 'documents'],
        file_ext=['pdf', 'docx']
    )

Parameters:

• file_type: List of allowed file type categories (e.g., ['images', 'videos'])
• file_ext: List of allowed file extensions (e.g., ['pdf', 'jpg'])

GalleryPickerField

Store multiple files as a JSON array:

from django.db import models
from filehub.fields import GalleryPickerField

class Album(models.Model):
    title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    gallery = GalleryPickerField(
        min_items=2,
        max_items=10,
        sortable=True
    )

Parameters:

• min_items: Minimum number of files required
• max_items: Maximum number of files allowed
• sortable: Enable drag-and-drop sorting of files

ImagePickerField

Store image file paths as text:

from django.db import models
from filehub.fields import ImagePickerField

class Profile(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    avatar = ImagePickerField()

This field stores the file path of the selected image and works seamlessly with the image picker interface.

ImagePickerWidget

Use in Django forms for image selection:

from django import forms
from filehub.widgets import ImagePickerWidget

class ProfileForm(forms.Form):
    avatar = forms.CharField(widget=ImagePickerWidget())

The widget renders an interactive file picker interface in your forms.

Cloud Storage Integration

AWS S3 Configuration

Django FileHub works seamlessly with AWS S3 for cloud file storage.

1. Install django-storages

pip install "django-storages[s3]"

Or with uv:

uv add "django-storages[s3]"

2. Configure AWS S3 Settings

Add to your settings.py:

# AWS S3 Configuration
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = 'your-access-key-id'
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = 'your-secret-access-key'
AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME = 'your-bucket-name'
AWS_S3_REGION_NAME = 'us-east-1'  # Your AWS region
AWS_S3_CUSTOM_DOMAIN = f'{AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME}.s3.amazonaws.com'

# File handling
AWS_S3_FILE_OVERWRITE = False
AWS_DEFAULT_ACL = 'public-read'

# Media files URL
MEDIA_URL = f'https://{AWS_S3_CUSTOM_DOMAIN}/'

Security Note: Never commit AWS credentials to version control. Use environment variables:

import os

AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = os.environ.get('AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID')
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = os.environ.get('AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY')
AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME = os.environ.get('AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME')

3. Configure Storage Backends

# Default file storage
DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'storages.backends.s3boto3.S3Boto3Storage'

# Static files (optional)
STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'storages.backends.s3boto3.S3StaticStorage'

4. Collect Static Files

python manage.py collectstatic

For more configuration options, see django-storages documentation.

TinyMCE Editor Integration

Integrate FileHub with TinyMCE editor for rich content editing with file management.

Configuration

Add to your settings.py:

TINYMCE_DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
    'plugins': [
        'advlist', 'autolink', 'lists', 'link', 'image', 'charmap',
        'preview', 'anchor', 'searchreplace', 'visualblocks', 'code',
        'fullscreen', 'insertdatetime', 'media', 'table', 'help',
        'wordcount', 'filehub'  # Add filehub plugin
    ],
    'toolbar': (
        'undo redo | blocks | bold italic backcolor | '
        'alignleft aligncenter alignright alignjustify | '
        'bullist numlist outdent indent | removeformat | '
        'filehub | help'  # Add filehub button
    ),
    'external_filemanager_path': '/filehub/select/',
    'filemanager_title': 'File Manager',
    'external_plugins': {
        'filehub': '/static/filehub/tinymce/plugin.min.js',
    },
}

This enables the FileHub button in your TinyMCE toolbar, allowing users to select and insert files directly from the file manager.

Production Deployment

Serving Media Files with Nginx

Configure Nginx to serve media files:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name yourdomain.com;

    location /media/ {
        alias /path/to/your/media/;
        expires 30d;
        add_header Cache-Control "public, immutable";
    }

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    }
}

Serving Media Files with Apache

Configure Apache with mod_wsgi:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName yourdomain.com

    Alias /media/ /path/to/your/media/
    <Directory /path/to/your/media/>
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    WSGIDaemonProcess yourproject python-path=/path/to/your/project
    WSGIProcessGroup yourproject
    WSGIScriptAlias / /path/to/your/project/wsgi.py
</VirtualHost>

Advanced Configuration

Complete Settings Reference

Here's a complete reference of all available settings:

# Login and authentication
FILEHUB_LOGIN_URL = '/accounts/login/'

# File storage
FILEMANAGER_DIRECTORY = 'uploads'
THUMB_DIRECTORY = 'thumbs'

# File type categories
FILE_TYPE_CATEGORIES = {
    'images': ['jpg', 'jpeg', 'png', 'gif', 'bmp', 'tiff', 'webp', 'svg', 'ico'],
    'videos': ['mp4', 'webm', 'ogg', 'avi', 'mkv', 'mov', 'wmv', '3gp', 'mpeg', 'mpg4'],
    'musics': ['mp3', 'wav', 'flac', 'aac', 'wma', 'm4a'],
    'archives': ['zip', 'rar', 'tar', 'gz'],
    'documents': ['pdf', 'doc', 'docx', 'xls', 'xlsx', 'ppt', 'pptx', 'txt', 'csv', 'odt', 'ods'],
}

# Sorting options
FILES_SORTING = {
    "name": "Name",
    "size": "Size",
    "date": "Modified"
}

FILES_SORTING_ORDER = {
    "asc": "Ascending",
    "desc": "Descending"
}

# Theme customization
FILEHUB_THEME_COLOR = '#009688'

# UI behavior
FILEHUB_AUTO_CLOSE_UPLOAD_MODAL = False

Usage Examples

In Django Admin

from django.contrib import admin
from django.db import models
from filehub.fields import ImagePickerField, GalleryPickerField
from filehub.widgets import ImagePickerWidget

class Article(models.Model):
    title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    cover_image = ImagePickerField()
    gallery = GalleryPickerField(max_items=5)

class ArticleAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    formfield_overrides = {
        ImagePickerField: {'widget': ImagePickerWidget},
    }

admin.site.register(Article, ArticleAdmin)

In Django Forms

from django import forms
from filehub.widgets import ImagePickerWidget

class ArticleForm(forms.ModelForm):
    cover_image = forms.CharField(
        widget=ImagePickerWidget(),
        label='Cover Image'
    )

    class Meta:
        model = Article
        fields = ['title', 'cover_image']

In Templates

Access uploaded files in your templates:

{% load static %}

<div class="article">
  <h1>{{ article.title }}</h1>

  {% if article.cover_image %}
  <img src="{{ article.cover_image }}" alt="{{ article.title }}" />
  {% endif %} {% if article.gallery %}
  <div class="gallery">
    {% for image in article.gallery %}
    <img src="{{ image.url }}" alt="{{ image.name }}" />
    {% endfor %}
  </div>
  {% endif %}
</div>

Troubleshooting

Media Files Not Loading

Ensure your media settings are correct:

1. Check MEDIA_URL and MEDIA_ROOT in settings
2. Verify URL patterns include media serving in development
3. Check file permissions on the media directory
4. Ensure the upload directory exists

Upload Failures

Common causes and solutions:

1. File size limits: Check FILE_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE in Django settings
2. Permissions: Ensure the web server has write permissions to MEDIA_ROOT
3. Storage backend: Verify AWS S3 credentials if using cloud storage

TinyMCE Integration Issues

1. Ensure the FileHub static files are collected: python manage.py collectstatic
2. Verify the plugin path in TINYMCE_DEFAULT_CONFIG
3. Check browser console for JavaScript errors

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Here's how you can help:

1. Report Bugs: Open an issue with details and reproduction steps
2. Suggest Features: Share your ideas for new features
3. Submit Pull Requests: Fix bugs or implement new features
4. Improve Documentation: Help make the docs better

Development Setup

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/scthakuri/django-filehub.git
cd django-filehub

# Install dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
python manage.py test

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Support

• Documentation: GitHub Repository
• Issues: GitHub Issues
• PyPI: django-filehub

Changelog

Version 3.2.0

• Added thumbnail directory configuration
• Enhanced file type categories with documents support
• Improved sorting options
• Added auto-close upload modal option
• Bug fixes and performance improvements

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