Django FileField: How to return filename only (in template)
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I've got a field in my model of type FileField
. This gives me an object of type File
, which has the following method:
> File.name
: The name of the file including the relative path from
> MEDIA_ROOT
.
What I want is something like ".filename
" that will only give me the filename and not the path as well, something like:
{% for download in downloads %}
<div class="download">
<div class="title">{{download.file.filename}}</div>
</div>
{% endfor %}
Which would give something like myfile.jpg
Django Solutions
Solution 1 - Django
In your model definition:
import os
class File(models.Model):
file = models.FileField()
...
def filename(self):
return os.path.basename(self.file.name)
Solution 2 - Django
You can do this by creating a template filter:
In myapp/templatetags/filename.py
:
import os
from django import template
register = template.Library()
@register.filter
def filename(value):
return os.path.basename(value.file.name)
And then in your template:
{% load filename %}
{# ... #}
{% for download in downloads %}
<div class="download">
<div class="title">{{download.file|filename}}</div>
</div>
{% endfor %}
Solution 3 - Django
You could also use 'cut' in your template
{% for download in downloads %}
<div class="download">
<div class="title">{{download.file.filename|cut:'remove/trailing/dirs/'}}</div>
</div>
{% endfor %}
Solution 4 - Django
You can access the filename from the file field object with the name property.
class CsvJob(Models.model):
file = models.FileField()
then you can get the particular objects filename using.
obj = CsvJob.objects.get()
obj.file.name property