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Version: 1.X.X

File Size Validator

You can use Filesizevalidator for when you just want to validate the file size

Parameters

info
ParametersTypeDescription
max_upload_file_sizeintIf 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:

SizeBytes
1 MB1048576 B - 10242 B - 220 B
2.5 MB2621440 B
5 MB5242880 B
10 MB10485760 B
20 MB20971520 B
50 MB52428800 B
100 MB104857600 B
250 MB262144000 B
500 MB524288000 B
1 GB1073741824 B
2 GB2147483648 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
  1. 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
)
]
)
  1. Finally run with the following commands:
python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate

Done ✅

From now on, get the files safely from users.