File Size Validator
You can use Filesizevalidator for when you just want to validate the file size
Parameters
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| Parameters | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| max_upload_file_size | int | If you want the file size to be checked, the file size must be in bytes, example: max_upload_file_size=1048576 (1MB) |
Returns
info
| Returns: |
|---|
If everything is OK, it will return None, otherwise it will return a ValidationError. |
Size conversion table
note
To choose the size you want the files to be validated based on, you can take help from the table below or enter your desired size in bytes:
| Size | Bytes |
|---|---|
| 1 MB | 1048576 B - 10242 B - 220 B |
| 2.5 MB | 2621440 B |
| 5 MB | 5242880 B |
| 10 MB | 10485760 B |
| 20 MB | 20971520 B |
| 50 MB | 52428800 B |
| 100 MB | 104857600 B |
| 250 MB | 262144000 B |
| 500 MB | 524288000 B |
| 1 GB | 1073741824 B |
| 2 GB | 2147483648 B |
How Use FileSizeValidator?
To use FileSizeValidator you must act as follows:
1.First, import the FileSizeValidator to your Django model as follows:
from django.db import models
from file_validator.models import FileSizeValidator
- In the next step we have to give it to our model as follows:
from django.db import models
from file_validator.models import FileSizeValidator
class TestFileModel(models.Model):
test_file = models.FileField(
validators=[
FileSizeValidator(
max_upload_file_size=10485760 # => 10 MB
)
]
)
- Finally run with the following commands:
python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate
Done ✅
From now on, get the files safely from users.