Save binary data get from url into Django FileField

Question

Is there any ways to save a binary data get from an external url (in my case, an excel file) into a Django FileField, with the file uploaded to the destination according to the django project settings?

class FileData(models.Model):
    excel_file = models.FileField(upload_to='excel_file_path')


import requests
url = 'https://www.example.getfile.com/file_id=234'
r = requests.get(url)
# How to store the binary data response to FileField?

Thanks for help. Please also let me know if further information is needed in my case.

Ozgur Vatansever · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-16 03:52:30Z

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You can make use of django.core.files.uploadedfile.SimpleUploadedFile to save your content as a file field of your model instance.

>>> import requests
>>> from django.core.files.uploadedfile import SimpleUploadedFile

>>> response = requests.get("https://www.example.getfile.com/file_id=234")

>>> excel_file = SimpleUploadedFile("excel.xls", response.content, content_type="application/vnd.ms-excel")
>>> file_data = FileData(excel_file=excel_file)
>>> file_data.save()

answered Jul 16, 2015 at 3:52

Ozgur Vatansever

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