To use Django FileField or FilePathField?

Question

I\'m a bit confused about which field to use. What I need is just a Field that will hold a file (audio and/or another one for an image)

The FileField seems to be specifi

Answer 1

If you want to refer to files that are already on your filesystem rather than user uploaded files, then FilePathField is the one that you want.

In this regard a few comments:

• Don't point to a path that is inside your app's source tree. That is not safe.

• You can use settings or environment variables to handle development vs. production paths, e.g., put a FILE_PATH_FIELD_DIRECTORY setting in your development/production settings files and refer to this setting from your app:

  from django.conf import settings
  
  class Foo(models.Model):
      audio = models.FilePathField(path=settings.FILE_PATH_FIELD_DIRECTORY)