django-utf8field 1.0.0

FileField

Create a model like you would do normally, but instead of using FileField you use UTF8FileField:

from django.db import models
from utf8field.fields import UTF8FileField

class YourModel(models.Model):
    title = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    created_on = models.DateTimeField(auto_add_on=True)
    text = models.UTF8FileField()

You also have the option to provide the option max_content_length to limit the number of characters in the file. If the content is longer an error will be displayed. If you want to enable four_byte_detection set the parameter to True.

text = models.UTF8FileField(max_content_length=1000, four_byte_detection=True)

CharField

Create a model like you would do normally, but instead of using CharField you use UTF8CharField. If you want to enable four_byte_detection set the parameter to True.

from django.db import models
from utf8field.fields import UTF8CharField

class YourModel(models.Model):
    title = models.CharField(max_length=255, four_byte_detection=True)
    created_on = models.DateTimeField(auto_add_on=True)
    text = models.UTF8CharField(max_length=1000)

TextField

Create a model like you would do normally, but instead of using TextField you use UTF8TextField. If you want to enable four_byte_detection set the parameter to True.

from django.db import models
from utf8field.fields import UTF8TextField

class YourModel(models.Model):
    title = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    created_on = models.DateTimeField(auto_add_on=True)
    text = models.UTF8TextField(four_byte_detection=True)

Django Rest Framework

The necessary serializers and automatic mapping of fields is provided so you should not be doing anything yourself to get the texts or files validated when using a ModelSerializer.