saving image files in django model - django

Question

i want to store a lot of images in a table(model of django) under an attribute 'imgsrc'. How do i do that? i have seen a lot of online material but i am not getting the complete information anywhere. What changes do i need to do in settings.py and where do i store my image files?...
a part of models.py
class elementdetails(models.Model):
sid=models.IntegerField()
imgsrc=models.ImageField()
soundsrc=models.FileField()
sounddesc=models.CharField(max_length=20)

Answer 1

Setup MEDIA_ROOT and MEDIA_URL in you settings.py:
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media')
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
In your urls.py, add:
from django.conf import settings
from django.conf.urls.static import static
urlpatterns = [
# ... the rest of your URLconf goes here ...
] + static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
Make sure to have media directory in your root directory.
Now, you can also use uploaded_to in your model for storing those images in a directory.
class elementdetails(models.Model):
sid=models.IntegerField()
imgsrc=models.ImageField(upload_to='elements/')
soundsrc=models.FileField()
sounddesc=models.CharField(max_length=20)
In order to get the image in templates, use:
<img src="{{ object.imgsrc.url }}" alt="image">
If you want to upload images in forms, make sure to use enctype="multipart/form-data" in template:
<form action="" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
Also, make sure in views, use:
form = Form(request.POST, request.FILES)
It will work.