django-eximagination 0.8.1

A Django template tag library which allows to download external images, store them locally and return the local path to locally stored image to a desired context variable

Fetch external images directly from templates.

A Django template tag library which allows to download external images, store them locally and return the local path to locally stored image to a desired context variable, along with width and height attributes of the image fetched. Caches the fetched images locally for the given time (set in settings).

You could, for example, use this app to solve the problems with displaying of a mixed content (assets loaded from HTTP and HTTPS sources).

Prerequisites

• Django 1.8, 1.9, 1.10

• Python >=2.7, >=3.4

Installation

1. Install django-eximagination

Latest stable version on PyPI:

pip install django-eximagination

Latest stable version from GitHub:

pip install https://github.com/barseghyanartur/django-eximagination/archive/stable.tar.gz

2. Add eximagination to INSTALLED_APPS.

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    # ...
    'eximagination',
    # ...
)

3. Configure

By default, django-eximagination expects your files to be stored in /media/external_images directory. If location varies, redefine the directories in your Django settings, make sure the path is writable and that www-data (or whatever is applicable) has rights to write into it.

import os

BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '..', '..', 'media')
EXIMAGINATION_MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(MEDIA_ROOT, 'external_images')
EXIMAGINATION_MEDIA_URL = '/media/external_images'
EXIMAGINATION_MEDIA_RELATIVE_ROOT = 'external_images/'
# After 30 days we re-fetch the file anyway.
EXIMAGINATION_EXPIRATION_INTERVAL = 2592000

Usage example (in a Django template)

See the example directory for working code example.

Example #1:

{% load eximaginate %}

<img src="{{ MEDIA_URL }}{% eximaginate 'http://www.google.com/intl/en/images/logo.gif' %}">

Example #2:

{% load eximaginate thumbnail %}

{% eximaginate 'http://www.google.com/intl/en/images/logo.gif' as original %}

<img src="{% thumbnail original 100x100 %}">

In both cases there are two additional context variables added:

• ei_width - Width of the image

• ei_height - Height of the image

Testing

Simply type:

./runtests.py

or use tox:

tox

or use tox to check specific env:

tox -e py35

or run Django tests:

./manage.py test eximagination --settings=settings.testing

License

GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1

Support

For any issues contact me at the e-mail given in the Author section or open an issue on BitBucket/GitHub.

Author

Artur Barseghyan <[e-mail]>