Flask-ImageAlchemy

version number: 0.0.7

Overview

SQLAlchemy Standarized Image Field for Flask

Features

• Storage backends (FileStorage, S3Storage)
• Thumbnails (wand)
• Flask Application Factory compatible

Installation

To install use pip:

$ pip install Flask-ImageAlchemy

Or clone the repo:

$ git clone https://github.com/rstit/flask-image-alchemy.git
$ python setup.py install

Usage

SQLAlchemy Model

storage = S3Storage()
storage.init_app(app)

class User(db.Model):
    __tablename__ = 'example'
    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
    image = db.Column(
        StdImageField(
            storage=storage,
            variations={
                'thumbnail': {"width": 100, "height": 100, "crop": True}
            }
        ), nullable=True
    )

Flask Settings

If you need S3Starage, set up config in your flask application:

AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = "you-api-key"
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = "you-secret-key"
AWS_REGION_NAME = "bucket-region"
S3_BUCKET_NAME = "bucket-name"

If you need FileStorage and custom MEDIA_PATH:

MEDIA_PATH = "/var/www/assets/images/"

Usage in views

u = User()
u.avatar = file # werkzeug.datastructures.FileStorage
u.save()

And you have access to thumbnails:

u.avatar.url
u.avatar.thumbnail
u.avatar.thumbnail.url
u.avatar.thumbnail.path

Deleting images

Implementing file deletion should be done inside your own applications using the before_delete signal. Clearing the field if blank is true, does not delete the file. This can also be achieved using before_update signals. This packages contains two event callback methods that handle file deletion for all SdtImageFields of a model.

from flask_image_alchemy.events import before_update_delete_callback, before_delete_delete_callback
from sqlalchemy.event import listen
listen(User, 'before_update', before_update_delete_callback)
listen(User, 'before_delete', before_delete_delete_callback)

TODO

• Validators (MinSizeValidator, MaxSizeValidator)
• Flask-Admin widget
• Coverage
• Docs Page
• Async Jobs (Image Processing)