A simple extension to create a thumbs for the Flask
Project description
flask-thumbnails
A simple extension to create a thumbs for the Flask
Installation
Install with pip:
Run pip install git+https://github.com/SilentSokolov/flask-thumbnails.git
Add Thumbnail to your extension file:
from flask.ext.thumbnails import Thumbnail
app = Flask(__name__)
thumb = Thumbnail(app)
Add MEDIA_FOLDER and MEDIA_URL in your settings:
app.config['MEDIA_FOLDER'] = '/home/www/media'
app.config['MEDIA_URL'] = '/media/'
Example usage
Use in Jinja2 template:
<img src="{{ 'image.jpg'|thumbnail('200x200') }}" alt="" /> <img src="{{ 'image.jpg'|thumbnail('200x200', crop='fit', quality=100) }}" alt="" />
Options
crop='fit' returns a sized and cropped version of the image, cropped to the requested aspect ratio and size, read more.
quality=XX changes the quality of the output JPEG thumbnail, default 85.
Develop and Production
Production
In production, you need to add media directory in you web server.
Develop
To service the uploaded files need a helper function, where /media/ your settings app.config['MEDIA_URL']:
from flask import send_from_directory
@app.route('/media/<regex("([\w\d_/-]+)?.(?:jpe?g|gif|png)"):filename>')
def media_file(filename):
return send_from_directory(app.config['MEDIA_THUMBNAIL_FOLDER'], filename)
Option settings
If you want to store the thumbnail in a folder other than the MEDIA_FOLDER, you need to set it manually:
app.config['MEDIA_THUMBNAIL_FOLDER'] = '/home/www/media/cache'
app.config['MEDIA_THUMBNAIL_URL'] = '/media/cache/'
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