How to upload multiple Images using DJango Rest Framework?

Question

I am able to upload a single image with the following code. If I select multiple images then only the last image among the selected image is getting uploaded.

model

Answer 1

So I finally got a workaround in my own way falling back to the basics as I didn't find any way to do it in a DRF way. I hope this answer is helpful to the Django community. I kept my model and serializers same changing the views to iterate over every image and save it using the serializer.

views.py

class ImageView(APIView):
    parser_classes = (MultiPartParser, FormParser)

    def get(self, request):
        all_images = Image.objects.all()
        serializer = ImageSerializer(all_images, many=True)
        return JsonResponse(serializer.data, safe=False)

    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        property_id = request.data['property_id']

        # converts querydict to original dict
        images = dict((request.data).lists())['image']
        flag = 1
        arr = []
        for img_name in images:
            modified_data = modify_input_for_multiple_files(property_id,
                                                            img_name)
            file_serializer = ImageSerializer(data=modified_data)
            if file_serializer.is_valid():
                file_serializer.save()
                arr.append(file_serializer.data)
            else:
                flag = 0

        if flag == 1:
            return Response(arr, status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
        else:
            return Response(arr, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)

helpers.py

def modify_input_for_multiple_files(property_id, image):
    dict = {}
    dict['property_id'] = property_id
    dict['image'] = image
    return dict

models.py

class Image(models.Model):
    property_id = models.ForeignKey(
                    'properties.Address',
                    null=False,
                    default=1,
                    on_delete=models.CASCADE
                )
    image = models.ImageField(upload_to=directory_path)

serializers.py

class ImageSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    class Meta:
        model = Image
        fields = (
            'property_id',
            'image'
        )

The request comes in the form of querydict. The line images = dict((request.data).lists())['image'] coverts query dict to python dict and then looping over the array under the 'image' key.

The postman request looks like below:

Answer 2

Solution for you should be using ListCreateAPIView. You dont have to implement your own view and handle everything.

class ImageView(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
    parser_classes = (MultiPartParser, FormParser)
    queryset = Image.objects.all()
    serializer_class = ImageSerializer

    def get_serializer(self, *args, **kwargs):
        if isinstance(kwargs.get('data', {}), list):
            kwargs['many'] = True
        return super(CreateListModelMixin, self).get_serializer(*args, **kwargs)