drf_base64 2.0

DRF serializers to handle base64-encoded files

DRF-Base64 provides a set of serializers to handle Bas64-encoded files.

Compatibility Matrix

DRF-Base64 is compatible with the following matrix

	Py 3.5	Py 3.6	Py 3.7
Django 2.0	DRF 3.7+	DRF 3.7+	DRF 3.7+
Django 2.1	DRF 3.7+	DRF 3.7+	DRF 3.7+
Django 2.2	DRF 3.7+	DRF 3.7+	DRF 3.7+

Installation

DRF-Base64 is compatible with Python 3.5+ as well as Django 2.0+ and DRF 3.7+

For previous versions of Python and/or Django, please see the V1.x branch

With pip

pip install drf-base64

From source

Within the source directory:

python setup.py install

Field Serializers

DRF-Base64 provides a Base64FileField and a Base64ImageField very similar to DRF’s FileField and ImageField with the added functionality of accepting base64-encoded file strings as input. If those serialiers receive an url (ie: when updating a record containing a file without modifying that said file), it will leave the existing value untouched.

Example usage:

from rest_framework import serializers
from base64.fields import Base64ImageField

from .models import Product


class ProductSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):

    picture = Base64ImageField(required=False)

    class Meta:
        model = Product
...

Model Serializers

DRF-Base64 also provides a ModelSerializer and an HyperlinkedModelSerializer also similar to DRF’s own ModelSerializer and HyperlinkedModelSerializer with the added functionality of mapping django.db.models.FileField’s to Bas64FileField’s and django.db.models.ImageField’s to Base64ImageField’s.

Example usage:

from drf_base64.serializers import ModelSerializer

from .models import Product


class ProductSerializer(ModelSerializer):

    class Meta:
        model = Product
...

Mixins

drf_base64.fields.Base64FieldMixin

If you’d like to enable base64 uploading of file for other field types than FileField or ImageField, DRF-Base64 provides Base64FieldMixin to let you do just that.

drf_base64.serializers.Base64ModelSerializerMixin

If you wish to use Base64FileField and Base64ImageField as default for model serializers other than the ones provided, DRF-Base64 also provides Base64ModelSerializerMixin that you can apply on any other model serializer as long as they use `serializer_field_mapping <http://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/serializers/#serializer_field_mapping>`__.

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