Django models.FileField.clean() method deprecated or never hit?

Question

From everything I can find, the FileField.clean() method should be executed when a file is added to a model, but the method is simply never executed.

Note that I'm referring to the models.FileField object, not forms.FileField. See: related stackoverflow question

I am looking to validate that a file saved in models.FileField is of a certain file type and below a specified size. This is using the Django Rest Framework. The clean() method is never called on save. Why not?

View:

class FileUploadCreate(generics.CreateAPIView):

    serializer_class = FileUploadSerializer

    def get_queryset(self):
        return FileUpload.objects.filter()

    def perform_create(self, serializer):

        upload = self.request.data['file']

        instance = serializer.save(
           name='Name',
           datafile=upload,
        )

        instance.save()

Model:

class ContentTypeRestrictedFileField(models.FileField):

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        # Log that it hits here
        super(ContentTypeRestrictedFileField, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)

    def clean(self, *args, **kwargs):
        print("I NEVER MAKE IT HERE")
        data = super(ContentTypeRestrictedFileField, self).clean(*args, **kwargs)
        file = data.file
        try:
            content_type = file.content_type
            if content_type in self.content_types:
                if file._size > self.max_upload_size:
                    raise ValidationError('Too big')
            else:
                raise ValidationError('Filetype not supported.')
        except AttributeError:
            pass

        return data


class FileUpload(BaseModel):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=128, blank=True, null=True)
    datafile = ContentTypeRestrictedFileField(content_types=['video/x-msvideo', 'application/pdf', 'video/mp4', 'audio/mpeg', ], max_upload_size=1024)

what exactly you need from that process? such as; rename file, make a validator, or what? — binpy
– binpy, Commented Mar 1, 2017 at 15:16
I'm looking to validate and restrict of file content type and file size. This is via the django-rest-framework, so there are no formfields. — Josh
– Josh, Commented Mar 1, 2017 at 15:21
are you following this answer? stackoverflow.com/a/9016664/6396981 — binpy
– binpy, Commented Mar 1, 2017 at 15:32
What exactly is your question? What do you mean by "when a file is added to a model"? That's ambiguous. Please add a minimal reproducible example — Håken Lid
– Håken Lid, Commented Mar 1, 2017 at 15:37
Try adding the line instance.full_clean() before instance.save(). — Håken Lid
– Håken Lid, Commented Mar 1, 2017 at 16:15

Manvir Singh · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-01 15:46:57Z

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is_valid() method automatically executes clean() and does validation in django.

For instance

form = some_form(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
    # clean() is automatically executed

answered Mar 1, 2017 at 15:46

Manvir Singh

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