Documentation about FilePreference is too light

[CyberFox001]

The documentation of the preference type FilePreference is a bit light.

Event after searched info in the documentation website: https://django-dynamic-preferences.readthedocs.io

There is some missing informations. Like:

• Are the file stored as static file or media file
• How to use the file from a tamplate
• How to configure where the file is uploaded

And the example is a bit short. Is it an example of preference definition, or also an example of usage ?
It's a bit confusing.

Maybe a section dedicated to this type of preference could help understand it.

I would love to help about it, but as I didn't understand how to use FilePreference, I can do nothing.

[CyberFox001]

After some testes: The files are uploaded as media file. So, it's managed by django as any media file.

But, if I use the preference in a template like this:

<img class="forum_logo d-inline-block align-text-top" alt="logo" src="{{ global_preferences.general__forum_logo }}"/>

The URL did not include the value of MEDIA_ROOT setting.

So, instead of having the URL:
http://127.0.0.1:8000/media/dynamic_preferences/general__forum_logo/logo.png

I got:
http://127.0.0.1:8000/dynamic_preferences/general__forum_logo/logo.png

[happytk]

@CyberFox001 I came into same problem about URL. How to solve it?

[agateblue]

Hi, to answer your question, the files are stored as media files. If you want to get the relative URL, you should use {{ global_preferences.general__forum_logo.url }} in a template. If it doesn't include the full URL, you can use either the get_media_prefix template tag or the media URL context processor as described in https://stackoverflow.com/a/42563023 to build a full URL.