Delete upload file fail

Question

I would like to delete file associated to a file-field But it doesn't work.

Can you fix it please?

Models.py

class Picture(models.Model):

    file = models.FileField(upload_to="pictures")
    slug = models.SlugField(max_length=50, blank=True)

    def __unicode__(self):
        return self.file

    def getFileName(self):
        return self.docfile.name

Views.py

def delete(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
    """
    This does not actually delete the file, only the database record.
    """
    self.object = self.get_object()
    path = "/media/pictures" + '/' + self.object.name
    #path = MEDIA_ROOT + '/' + self.object.name
    #path = MEDIA_ROOT + '/' + self.object.getFileName()
    self.object.delete()
    os.remove(path)

miki725 · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-28 19:25:47Z

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You can remove file objects using the FileField api:

Picture.objects.get(...).file.delete()

That will use storage API to remove the file. The advantage of that is that this approach works even if you want to switch your storage to different system such as Amazon S3.

edited Oct 28, 2012 at 19:25

answered Oct 28, 2012 at 19:11

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user1778354 Over a year ago

ok so Picture.objects.get(self.get_object()).file.delete() it's correct?

miki725 Over a year ago

I imagine that you are using class based views. If so, then self.get_object() returns an object (Picture) in question. So to delete the file, then you can do self.get_object().file.delete().

user1778354 Over a year ago

ok sry but I want to delete in database reference and in the folder

miki725 Over a year ago

What do you mean by that? Do you want to remove the Picture instance which will also delete the file associated with that picture?

user1778354 Over a year ago

i want to delete the file ( HDD file) and the object in the database

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