django-compress-storage 0.7.1

Automantic compress files after upload

Django Compress Storage
=======================

[](https://travis-ci.org/valdergallo/django-compress-storage)


Custom Field for Django that auto compact file uploaded


Features
--------

- Compress FileUpload storage file with Zip
- Delete old file that was compressed on zip
- Support for South Migrations
- Support Django 1.2+
- Celery support - async compress file with Celery
- Windows Support
- Linux support
- iOS support
- Support for Python3
- Support for Python2.6+


Motivation
----------

On my job we need save all upload files for 5 year. Losing a lot space on server with this files, because this I created this application.


Django Settings Configurations
------------------------------

```python

FILE_COMPRESS_DELETE_OLD_FILE = True # to delete old files after compressed
FILE_COMPRESS_DELETE_OLD_FILE = False # to not delete old files after compressed


INSTALLED_APPS = (
...
...
'compress_storage',
)
```


Usage
-----

```python

# example model.py

from django.db import models
from compress_storage import ZipFileField

class MyContent(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=150)
create_date = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
upload_file = ZipFileField(upload_to='mycontent/')

def __unicode__(self):
return self.name

```


Shell
-----

```python

>>> from example.core import MyContent
>>> m = MyContent.objects.get(id=2)
>>> m.upload_file
<ZipCompressFieldFile: mycontent/test.txt>
>>> m.upload_file.compress()
>>> m.upload_file
<ZipCompressFieldFile: mycontent/test.zip>
```


Developer
---------

```bash
# download code
git clone https://github.com/valdergallo/django-compress-storage

# install developer packages
setup.py develop

# test project
setup.py test

#clean extra content
setup.py clean

```