#32845: Names of uploaded files cannot be modified.
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Reporter: Jacob Fredericksen | Owner: nobody
Type: Bug | Status: new
Component: File uploads/storage | Version: 3.2
Severity: Normal | Keywords:
Triage Stage: Unreviewed | Has patch: 0
Needs documentation: 0 | Needs tests: 0
Patch needs improvement: 0 | Easy pickings: 0
UI/UX: 0 |
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According to the Django docs
(https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/topics/files/), I should be able to
update the name of an uploaded file like so:
>>> import os
>>> from django.conf import settings
>>> initial_path = car.photo.path
>>> car.photo.name = 'cars/chevy_ii.jpg'
>>> new_path = settings.MEDIA_ROOT + car.photo.name
>>> # Move the file on the filesystem
>>> os.rename(initial_path, new_path)
>>> car.save()
>>> car.photo.path
'/media/cars/chevy_ii.jpg'
>>> car.photo.path == new_path
True
This does not work.
Here is the script I used to test:
{{{
...
new_filename = 'sources/new_filename.pdf
initial_filepath = model_instance.file.path
assert os.path.exists(initial_filepath)
new_filepath = os.path.join(settings.MEDIA_ROOT, new_filename)
input(
f'{model_instance.file.name} ---> {new_filename}\n'
f'{initial_filepath} ---> {new_filepath} '
)
if os.path.exists(new_filepath):
raise Exception(f'{new_filepath} already exists.')
f.file.name = new_filename
assert os.path.exists(initial_filepath)
os.rename(initial_filepath, new_filepath)
sleep(5)
assert os.path.exists(new_filepath)
assert not os.path.exists(initial_filepath)
assert model_instance.file.name == new_filename
input('Continue? ')
model_instance.save()
model_instance.refresh_from_db()
assert model_instance.file.path == new_filepath,
f'{model_instance.file.path} != {new_filepath}'
print()
}}}
Result:
{{{
sources/old_filename.pdf ---> sources/new_filename.pdf
/project/media/sources/old_filename.pdf --->
/project/media/sources/new_filename.pdf
Continue?
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/project/my_script.py", line 108, in <module>
assert model_instance.file.path == new_filepath,
f'{model_instance.file.path} != {new_filepath}'
AssertionError: /project/media/sources/old_filename.pdf !=
/project/media/sources/new_filename.pdf
}}}
I watched the file name (in my file browser) as the script ran. The file
name is successfully changed (as demonstrated by the successful assertions
above), but it is then reverted to the original file name when the model
instance is saved. This would seem to indicate that contrary to the docs,
in order to rename a file that is associated with a model instance (as an
ImageField or FileField), it is not sufficient to update
model_instance.file.name and then use the os module to rename the file.
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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/32845>
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